By Uche Peters, Awka.     

  Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger, Most Revd. Dr. Alexander Ibezim, has prophesied that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would be released from detention next month of May, this year.

Ibezim who is also the Bishop, Diocese of Awka, Anambra State, also declared that God would touch the heart of authorities in the country to release the IPOB leader in a bid to end the rising security challenges in the Southern part of the country.

Speaking during the 2022 Awka Diocesan Annual  Prayer Convention, with the theme: “This Mountain Shall Be Removed,” held at Paul University, Awka, the State capital, declared the expected Divine breakthrough.

Ibezim declared: “God has already given us a breakthrough. We are going to celebrate a breakthrough. We shall witness fantastic testimony and  we are making a declaration that wherever Nnamdi Kanu is, he will be released by this time next month.

“God will touch the leadership of Nigeria so that this calamity that is taking place in the east will end. By this time next month or anytime in the month of May, he will be released and there will be peace in eastern Nigeria and Anambra State.

“I’m not a politician, but a prophet and when a prophet speaks, things happen.  It is time that injustice cease to exist in Nigeria. Injustice, killings and calamities will cease in southeast and Nigeria.

“There are people that are pursuing what they are pursuing in order to gain attraction. As a prophet, I don’t need anybody to bribe me or influence me but I believe that my people will be set free and there won’t be war or destruction in this land.”

Continuing he pointed out: “We need humility because nobody is safe when the poor are not safe. The rich in our midst must do everything to ensure the safety of the poor. Otherwise they won’t be safe to enjoy their riches. So both the rich a poor should cry unto God.”

Earlier in his sermon, Bishop of Jebba, Rt. Rev. Dr. Oluwaseun Aderogba, assured of God's readiness to remove obstacles that had hindered justices to the people of the country.

Contributing, the President, Mothers' Union and Women’s Guild, Province of the Niger and Diocese of Awka, Dr. Chioma Ibezim lamented the unabated spates of insecurity, especially in the Southeast zone, expressing hope that  answered prayers offered to God at the event would bring it to the end.

“People are so bordered. There are wars, insecurity. When these happen, it’s an indication that people need to come together seek God’s face. God has answered our prayers and the women are going home with joy,”  she  added.