Secessionist agitations in the southeast led to Nnamdi Kanu's re-arrest and incarceration in June 2021.
Prince Emmanuel, Kanu's younger brother, criticized the governors for not urging the government to release Kanu despite a court ruling.
Emmanuel was disappointed by their silence on IPOB's restructuring demands.
He accused the governors of breaking a pledge they made to Kanu in 2017 to pressure him to accept restructuring over secessionist agitation.
said "Leaders wanted Kanu to cease his self-determination struggle and commit to a reformed Nigeria, but they failed.
"30 August 2017: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu met with South East Governors.
Before the conference, he met with Dr. Alex Ekwueme, who urged him to reconstruct Nigeria according to the 1960 and 1963 Constitutions.
Chief Mbazulike Amaechi and Professor Ben Nwabueze told him. They pressured him to reorganise.
"I remember him telling everyone, especially the South East Governors, that if they started restructuring negotiations, he would tone down the agitation for 12 months, but strangely, they never contacted the Federal Government. Four days after the conference, Operation Python Dance II attacked our house.
Was he invited to that meeting to assassinate him? We witnessed things on the way to the conference, but Onyendu Kanu can better explain them. Trauma from the complex invasion killed my parents.
Why hasn't anyone highlighted the Enugu discussion until today? Why are Southeast governors and senators silent? They sought to convince Nnamdi Kanu that restructuring was better than Biafra. Igbo leaders suggested restructuring.
"My brother informed them at the meeting that if they were serious, he wanted all the relevant stakeholders at the table to discuss how to bring Nigeria forward. He said the federal government and other Nigerian nationalities must have meaningful talks. My brother insisted on discussing what they hoped to avoid by invading our home.
"Why are the Federal Government, South East Governors, and Igbo leaders silent on restructuring? Why isn't restructuring mentioned?"
(Source: www.ripplesnigeria.com)
