IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu
President
Muhammadu Buhari has been advised by a pan-igbo group to kill its plan
to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu as it would only result in more chaos.
A pan-Igbo group, Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), has said if
President Muhhammadu Buhari goes ahead with moves to re-arrest leader
of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, he will only end up
having more headaches.
The group thus warned Buhari to desist from the such thought.
According to the group, instead of planning the re-arrest, Buhari should
use the energy to concentrate on creating an enabling environment for
the various nationalities to come together and decide the way forward
for the country.
In a statement signed by the group’s President, Prof. Uzodinma
Nwala, and Secretary, Prof. Nath Aniekwu, they reminded President Buhari
that Kanu is a prisoner of conscience.
“Nigeria is now swarming with many people like him.
“For the avoidance of doubt, this type of attitude of creating
two kinds of citizens; those above the law (Arewa youths) and others,
those who will be blackmailed by punishment of the law, even when they
commit no offense (IPOB), is one of the factors which fuel most of the
agitations all over the country.
“Mr. President, Nigeria has never been as divided as this; except during the civil war (1967-70).
“You need, therefore, to rethink your strategy in order to avert unnecessary tension in this polity.
“Nigeria’s unity is negotiable, that’s all that Nnamdi Kanu and
IPOB are pointing at. The situation, therefore, needs redressing.
“Nobody is a slave in this country. If there is no law
obliterating divorce in Nigeria, it is ironical to think that by mere
wishful thinking Nigeria will remain as it were a model of abusive
marriage”.
“In their statement on June 27th, the Arewa youths had given
the Igbo ultimatum to leave Northern Nigeria latest by October 1, 2017.
“Many people regarded their action as treasonable and a threat
of genocide. Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai and
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris declared that they should be
arrested.
“They were not arrested. Rather, what we heard were statements from some Arewa leaders supporting their action.
“One such leader is Prof. Ango Abdullahi, a former Vice
Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; consequently, the
Arewa youths continued in their belligerent threats and mocked the
arrest orders.
“President Buhari, who returned to Nigeria on August 19, 2017,
after 104 days in Britain, where he received treatment for undisclosed
ailment, in his very short and pointed speech, did not address the quit
notice to Ndigbo by Arewa youths; nor did he condemn the virulent Hausa
hate songs being circulated as a mass mobilization tool for the looming
genocide against Ndigbo.
“Rather, president Buhari, in his ‘maiden’ address declared war
on IPOB and Boko Haram, thereby equating the two as terrorist
organisations.
“It was as if the president was brought back to declare war on IPOB, Kanu and Ndi-Igbo…”
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