Nnamdi Kanu is a Prisoner of Aggression, PeacePro Charges IPOB To Embrace Peace
The Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) recognizes the prolonged detention of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as a tragic consequence of a dangerous path marked by aggression, misinformation, and miscalculated resistance.
Nnamdi Kanu is, in many ways, a prisoner of his own aggression, caught in a web of combative rhetoric and violent agitation that has brought deep pain to communities, damaged the cause he claimed to represent, and subjected him to continued incarceration.
As a peacebuilding organization committed to non-violence, dialogue, and the pursuit of justice through constructive engagement, PeacePro urges IPOB and its remaining sympathizers to surrender their campaign of violent agitation and embrace lawful, peaceful, and inclusive political processes.
The agitation for self determination, when expressed through threats, militarized posturing, or social division, loses its legitimacy and moral standing.
The agitation, as currently championed by IPOB, has become a source of fear, not freedom; of coercion, not courage.
It is time to redefine the pursuit of justice, not as an excuse for chaos, but as a commitment to peace, development, and democratic inclusion.
PeacePro therefore calls on IPOB to unconditionally surrender all militant activities, cease inflammatory rhetoric and deliberate misinformation, and adopt a peace oriented framework to express their grievances.
It is important to note that, the militant rhetoric and dedicated public hate and misinformation by IPOB has made it impossible for any political solution to be possible and the only option available to Nnamdi Kanu is to go through the judicial process. IPOB must take responsibility for making political solution impossible.
The group didn’t understand that true power is not found in secessionist flags or the sound of gunfire, but in the courage to build, the wisdom to reconcile, and the humility to choose peace over pride.
Peace is not surrender. Peace is the most courageous decision any movement can make.
Abdulrazaq Hamzat Executive Director Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) [www.peacepro.org]