Media entrepreneur and publisher of Ovation International, Dele Momodu, has called on the Federal Government to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

In a post shared on his X handle on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, the former presidential candidate urged the government to address the underlying causes of separatist agitation in the South-East.

Momodu’s statement was accompanied by a clip of one of Kanu’s broadcasts recorded shortly before his repatriation from Kenya by Nigerian security agents.

He said the agitation for Biafra was deeply rooted in what he described as “decades of marginalization and deprivation” suffered by the Igbo people.

Momodu’s comments come amid renewed calls from political leaders, civil rights groups, and Igbo socio-cultural organisations for Kanu’s release and a political resolution to the ongoing separatist crisis in the region.