President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday met with Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, amid renewed moves to secure the release of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
The meeting is believed to be linked to ongoing political and legal consultations surrounding Kanu’s fate. The IPOB leader was on November 20, 2025, sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Abuja on terrorism-related charges — a judgment that has triggered nationwide protests and intensified calls for his freedom.
Governor Otti’s visit to the Villa comes just days after he met with Kanu at the Sokoto prison, where the separatist leader is currently serving his sentence. The Abia governor was accompanied during the prison visit by Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu; Abia Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ikechukwu Uwanna, SAN; and his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma.
Following the visit, Otti restated the state government’s commitment to pursuing all lawful pathways toward securing Kanu’s release.
“While Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is free to appeal his conviction, I’m happy to inform you that I have activated, and will continue to work on, the already agreed strategy until his freedom is secured,” he said.
Tuesday’s meeting with President Tinubu is therefore widely viewed as part of Otti’s broader push for dialogue and a potential political resolution at the federal level.
As of the time of filing this report, details of their discussions had not been made public.
Recall that Gov Otti had earlier visited Nnamdi Kanu in prison.
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court had sentenced Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment for terrorism-related offences.
