Maxi Nnamdi Kanu’s Edge Over Zik, Awolowo—Dan Nnwanyanwu

<p><em>Maxi Nnamdi Kanu’s Strength<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;OpenLife Nigeria reports that as President Muhammadu Buhari insists on dealing with south eastern advocates secessionists in the language they understand&comma; Mr&period; Dan Nnwanyanwu&comma; national chairman&comma; Zenith Labour Party&comma; ZLP&comma; has opined that the proponent of the Biafra secessionist agenda&comma; Maxi Nnamdi Kanu&comma; has exhibited firm grip on Igbo youths so much so that federal government may capitulate soon&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He stated this today while responding to questions on AIT Kakaaki programme&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nnwanyanwu noted that Nnamdi Kanu has manifested as a leader of note whom the youths in south eastern Nigeria have built absolute confidence&period; He stated that the last time any leader commanded such troops and loyalists was in the first republic when the like of Obafemi Awolowo&comma; Nnamdi Azikiwe and other notable fiefs held sway in their respective regions with dedicated followers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As respectful as Awolowo and Azikiwe were&comma; none of them were able to achieve such huge success in a sit-at-home order like Kanu&comma;” he stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The lawyer emphasized that the commanding height Nnamdi Kanu has attained suggests that he can rattle the federal government in several fronts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;While noting that there a wrong profiling of Ndigbos&comma; he however cautioned that dialogue rather than militancy would address the heightened insecurity in Igbo land&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;