{"id":6850,"date":"2025-07-05T17:45:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=6850"},"modified":"2025-07-05T17:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:45:33","slug":"fg-willing-to-negotiate-kanus-release-umahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/fg-willing-to-negotiate-kanus-release-umahi\/","title":{"rendered":"FG willing to negotiate Kanu\u2019s release \u2013 Umahi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6851\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kanu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBy James<br \/>\nKindly Share:<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government says it is open to negotiating the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, but insists it should not be used as a condition for political support.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, stated this on Friday night while addressing journalists in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>He dismissed reports suggesting that the South East was making Kanu\u2019s release a prerequisite for backing President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody asked me about Nnamdi Kanu, and I said his matter is not a condition for the South East to support the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are willing to negotiate his release, but no one should make it a condition because the President did not put him there,\u201d Umahi said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, who hailed Tinubu for his performance in office so far, said the president is a \u201clistening leader\u201d and expressed belief that Kanu\u2019s release would eventually come through \u201cdivine grace and dialogue,\u201d not pressure or political demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Tinubu may not be perfect, but he is doing most things right.&#8221; Punch<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanu By James Kindly Share: The Federal Government says it is open to negotiating the release of the detained leader&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[166,1076],"class_list":["post-6850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dave-umahi","tag-mazi-nnamdi-kanu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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