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Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by BALLOSKI: 1:31pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
Violence and street demonstrations in parts of the south-east of the country have continued to trail the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu by operatives of the DSS in a Lagos hotel, on October 14. Kanu is leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist movement canvassing the creation of an independent state of Biafra from the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is also the Director of the United Kingdom-based Radio Biafra. Kanu’s arrest and consequent prosecution may not be unconnected with what the Federal Government considers sensational and provocative comments, bordering on treasonable felony, broadcast over Radio Biafra. Currently standing trial along with some other persons at a Federal High Court, Kanu has been formally charged with offences including maintaining an unlawful society and illegal possession of items, among other allegations, all said to be punishable under sections 41 (c) and 63 of the Criminal Code Act and Section 47 (2) (a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act. But the DSS, acting on behalf of the Federal Government, had on December 16 withdrawn all the criminal conspiracy charges against Kanu following which an Abuja Magistrate Court ordered his release. It turned out however to be a momentary relief as security operatives later re-arrested Kanu, based on an order of a Federal High Court. [size=19pt]Celebrating extremist radicalism[/size] Days before his arrest in Nigeria, Kanu had in a broadcast over his medium described President Muhammadu Buhari as a “Gestapo President” and suggested that the Nigerian leader is one of the three sponsors of activities of the Boko Haram insurgent group. He claimed that former President Ibrahim Babangida and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar are also part of the Boko Haram benefactors. Apart from various other aspersions and derogatory descriptions of the President, the IPOB leader equally labelled Buhari as “evil, a paedophile and a terrorist.” In the broadcast, an apparent phone-in programme transmitted on YouTube and monitored by Saturday Vanguard, Kanu said that he was returning to Nigeria (in October) to execute his Biafra project as he stressed that, “as I am travelling back I need men with me, very serious men, to assist me crush the Zoo country which must fall. “They are counting on what happened in 1967 to happen again. They are counting on the British to work for them and counting on the lies of the BBC to sustain them. Those are the things the Hausa are counting on. But in the end we are going to win and prevail. The zoo must fall.” [size=16pt]And, in answer to a question from one Chukwuemeka Onyebuchi who said he called-in from Malaysia and wanted Kanu to give an order for the killing of all northerners resident in the south-east, Kanu responded that, “we will hunt them down and we will kill them. But how we are going to do that is not something I should discuss on air. They came to kill us and we must retaliate. They will fall.[/size] We have what they don’t have. “Three people funded Boko Haram, President Buhari, ex-President Ibrahim Babangida and former Vice president Atiku Abubakar. They consciously went out to fund Boko Haram. They said it openly after Jonathan won the 2011 presidential election, that they will make the country ungovernable. They said it openly.” [size=19pt]My comments rude, insolent [/size] In the past few days, the media have been awash with a reported statement credited to Kanu in which he was said to have renounced his earlier proclamation and tendered what he described as an unreserved apology to the President. The apology was said to be part of his statement to DSS. A cross section of members of IPOB and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have since described the statement as untrue explaining that it was the handiwork of the DSS to discredit Kanu. His father, Eze Israel Kanu was also said to have denied that his son apologised for his comments. However, according to Kanu in the statement, “reference to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a terrorist, evil, and Paedophile is regrettable and uncalled for and for that I unreservedly apologize and will be doing so in a private letter to the President. “Before President Muhammadu Buhari, there was the administration of Goodluck Jonathan (and) I also said some uncomplimentary things about him and Igbo elders as well which I now recognize should not have happened because it is un-African to be rude or insolent to elders. “I can confirm that I, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra worldwide, is a legally registered and duly recognized body at the United Nations pursuing the rights of a specific indigenous people, in this case Biafra, to seek self-determination. “Opportunities no longer existed for the majority of the people, and especially young graduates to find meaningful employment in the job market, general hardship, brutal repression of civil and human rights coupled with system that shuns inward investment contributed to the thinking behind the formation of IPOB.” [size=19pt]Biafra initiative, an armed struggle[/size] Contrary to his radio programme which Kanu insinuated that IPOB is not an armed movement, the latest DSS report which gave a comprehensive detail of how the radio Biafra chief was arrested described leaders of the IPOB as having a stock pile of arms and ammunition in their custody. According to the document, arms and ammunition were recovered at the Ubulusiuzor, Ihiala local government area of Anambra State home of one of Kanu’s associates. The report explained that a DSS operative, Mohammed Ahmed, who led the search of the house, recovered “two pump-action guns loaded with ammunition, one Emerald pump-action gun with serial number: TS870-113-0046 and one Delta Magnum pump-action gun with serial number 501.” However in his apology statement, he also recanted the proclamation, as, according to him, “there is no armed conflict (in the agitation for Biafra). Any reference to such is purely designed to stop the Nigerian Armed Forces, ostensibly the police from coming out and killing innocent people. “IPOB volunteers are modelled on exactly the same tenet as the world renowned Salvation Army Front.“Its ambitions are army (military inclined) but it does not carry any weapons. The same thing applies to the volunteers of IPOB. There is no arms training involved.” Also reacting last Wednesday during a nation-wide radio and television programme, Buhari said that, “the one you called Kanu, do you know he has two passports? One Nigerian, one British and he came to this country without using any passport? Do you know that he brought sophisticated equipment into this country and started broadcasting for Radio Biafra? There is a treasonable charge against him and I hope the court will listen to the case.” https://www.today.ng/opinion/60276/kanu-threading-the-path-of-extremist-radicalism?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter
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Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by Nobody: 1:39pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
Kanu is dead and buried. 1 Like |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by xtropy: 1:45pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
" I would rather remain in detention than subject myself to a trial that I know amounts to perversion of justice." - Nnamdi Kanu, Dec 23, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vYxXAQYKyX0 Hypocritical bigot, have a look at your people whom you should channel your silly rants to : 1. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Former Gov. of Lagos state. It is going to be rig and roast. We are prepared not to go to court but drive them out. (Tell, 7 July 2014.) 2. National Coordinator of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Dr. Junaidu Mohammed Unless efforts are made to ensure that the 2015general election are free and fair, it may turn out tobe the last election in the history of the nation. (Leadership March 29, 2012) 3. Dr. Junaidu Mohammed National Coordinator of the Coalition of Northern Politicians. there will be bloodshed. Those who feel short-changed may take the war path and the country may not be the same again (Reported by Kemy Oguns in Osun Defender, 2nd December, 2013) 4. Abu King Shuluwa Nigeria will disintegrate if Jonathan contests in 2015 (Daily Independent Friday, March 8th ,2013) 5. Governor Shema Ibrahim of Kastina State You should not be bordered with cockroaches of politics. Cockroaches are only found in the toilet even at homes, If you see cockroach in your house, Crush them. (Reported by Premium Times on 19th November,2014) 6. Alhaji Lai Mohammed .Publicity Secretary of All Progressive Congress. If the 2015 elections are rigged, the party will not recognize the outcome and will go ahead and form a parallel government. (Leadership 21st November, 2014; Sahara Reporters 22nd November,2014) 7. Ima Sadiq An Islamic cleric, Muslims, vote for Buhari. It is a sin to support a non-Muslim (Twitter handle, Saturday, 27th December, 2014) 8. Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu During a courtesy visit by Eze Ndigbos (Igbo traditional rulers) in all the local governments inLagos at the Oba’s palace, Mr. Akiolu reportedly said that the Igbos resident in Lagos should cast their votes for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Akinwunmi Ambode, or perish inside the lagoon. 9. National Coordinator of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Dr. Junaidu Mohammed It must be a Northerner or no Nigeria…If Goodluck Jonathan wins the PDP‟s endorsement to contest the 2011 presidential election, there would be violence. (Interview with Guardian Newspaper, 2nd November, 2010) 10. Presidential Candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, General Muhammadu Buhari God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fair election or they go a very disgraceful way. If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked inblood. (Reported by Lika Binniyat in Vanguard Newspaper on May 15th, 2012) 11. Shehu Sani, a Kaduna based civil rights activist. President Goodluck Jonathan should not contemplate contesting the 2011 presidential election. Any attempt by him to contest amounts to incitement and a recipe for political instability. (www.nigerianbestforum.com./shehu- sani-warns- jonathan-against- contesting) 1 Like |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by EasternLion: 1:48pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
Xtropy to the rescue.. Isee! |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by Rose2014: 1:57pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
xtropy: Well said. I've never seen a country of hypocrites like ours. It's unbelievable how Kanu has become the only person that has made inciteful comment in Nigeria. So much for media propaganda I dey shame for Nigeria 2 Likes |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by kayfra: 2:11pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
Treading as in walking a fine line, not Threading as in needle and thread. Vanguard sha! Lolz 1 Like |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by babyfaceafrica: 2:15pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
God bless Nigeria |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by DaBullIT(m): 2:16pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
Next Episode of KanuC's the Walking Dead Ahh Oga dss , no be me o , na asari dokubo Yeeeeee, Is it not Jonathan that sent me ? Coming soon In Federal Republic of Nigeria 2 Likes |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by BALLOSKI: 3:35pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
This ipork miscreant up there should save us his rants. 1 Like |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by BALLOSKI: 3:43pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
Rose2014:your people portray 'peaceful than thou' attitude and are always seen playing the victim , so when we see them going offensive, it calls for worry. You must help by telling us where a Nigerian on an illegal radio once said igbos in regions outside theirs should be killed. Hypocrite! 1 Like |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by TheFreeOne: 4:06pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
xtropy: |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by Aufbauh(m): 4:33pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
Nigerians are one of the most peaceful group of people if not we would not have imagined the damages Kanu hateful & inciteful comments could have caused. The guy is an educated illiterate overhyped by his brainwashed followers who mistook Nigeria as a lawless country with compromised leadership, but unfortunately his so-called trap backfired and the rest is an endless regret. He fell into the trap of a no nonsense retired army general that never regard his over bloated ego nor his delusionary dream of Biafra. In Buhari's statement 'the one you call Kanu'. This intro is diminishing of the personality of our dilector we were make to believe by the ipod. "Those who play with the Devil's toy will be brought by degrees to weird his sword "- Buckminster Fuller |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by TheFreeOne: 4:48pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
Aufbauh: If you are intelligent you would have realised how Buhari diminished himself with that your so called intro. He made himself so unpresidential/unintelligent on national tv by showing to the world that he has pronounced those accused guilty before trial. Exhibiting such disdain confirmed he lacks democratic ideals. 1 Like |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by BALLOSKI: 8:34pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
TheFreeOne:match that democratic ideals under my feet. We were here when you guys were saying the arrest of kanu has made him more popular than Obama and Osama put together. Now he has been made to look more inconsequential and trashy by the president on a national tv- that 'the one you called nnamdi' has further rubbished the guy and any protests held in his name. |
Re: Kanu: Threading The Path Of Extremist Radicalism by xtropy: 9:03pm On Jan 03, 2016 |
BALLOSKI: I kind of understand your fears and the miseries you're currently passing through, that the thing you most dreaded is about to happen in your life time when you least expected. That even without a gunshot from NK many of your ilks are already dying from terrible nightmares, heartaches and madness. The Igbos defended themselves against world powers-backed Nigeria with Egyptian bombers, and the war lasted about three years but when the big mouthed Yoruba tribe tried their gra-gra in 1993, it did not even last two days. And it took just one Abacha to silence the most successful man from the suffersticated and diabolic Yoruba tribe, MKO Abiola - the Field Marshall of Odua Kingdom and nothing happened. Fact# After 45 years of the Biafran war, the entire Yoruba tribe that is filled with loudmouthed, suffersticated and diabolic cowards dare not think of it, not to mention trying what a 30 year old Ojukwu did. Are you not bloody cowards? Aren't you ashamed that it took over 200 ethnic nationalities in Nigeria and the Western powers to stop a 30 year old brave man? Need I remind you also of how a Yoruba Army General, Oladipo Diya, wept like a kid before a junior officer because he was afraid of his life...after wilfully and knowingly plotting a coup? 1 Like |
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