NNAMDI KANU RE ARREST: PRESIDENT BUHARI IS COMPROMISED ACCORDING TO (IYC) IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL

IYC cautions against alleged plans to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu.

Posted by Kess Ewubare

The IYC criticises the federal government for the way it handled the quit notice issued by a coalition of Arewa youths to Igbos residing in the north

- The group claims the Buhari administration would have handled the issue differently had the threat emanated from another tribe

- The IYC faults the government for detaining several Niger Delta youth activists when the Arewa youths are being treated differently

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has said the plan by the Buhari administration to re-arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, for allegedly violating his bail would set Nigeria in flames.

The IYC, according to Sahara reporters, criticised the federal government for the way it handled the quit notice issued by a coalition of Arewa youths to Igbos living in the north.

The group claimed that the Buhari administration would have handled the issue differently had the threat emanated from another tribe.

“It is the height of nepotism and sectionalism for the Buhari administration to treat the Arewa youth leaders who committed a serious offense bordering on a threat to national security with kid gloves while the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is being threatened with arrest and several Niger Delta activists are languishing in detention,” the IYC said.

The IYC faulted the government for detaining several Niger Delta youth activists such as Ezekiel Daniel, Alex Odogu, ex-militant leader Bonny Gawei, and several others in underground detention cells while the Arewa youths were enjoying state dinners.

The group said the government should not re-arrest Kanu or any other agitator in other part of the country until appropriate action is taken against Arewa youths for issuing a quit notice to Igbos residing in the northern region.

“We wish to state clearly that the Buhari administration has lost the justification to threaten to re-arrest Mr. Nnamdi Kanu or any other agitator in the southern part of Nigeria. Nigerians ought to be treated equally irrespective of their place of origin or ethnic background. We also strongly advise against the planned revocation of the bail and arrest of the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Arresting Nnamdi Kanu would set Nigeria in flames,” the IYC stated.

Meanwhile, Nnamdi Kanu on Sunday, August 27, insisted that there will not be election in Abia state unless a referendum which his group has been clamouring for is conducted.

Kanu while speaking at Boys Technical College (BTC) in Aba, Abia state, said that the agitation for Biafra is a “message from heaven.”

The IPOB leader who is aware that the federal government has commenced process to have him rearrested said that anyone who tries to arrest him will not leave Biafra land alive, the Cable reports.