http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/02/nigerian-militants-hijack-merchant-ship-nnamdi-kanu

Nigerian militants hijack merchant ship and demand activist's release

Attackers threaten to blow up vessel if government does not free Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu attends a court hearing in Abuja, Nigeria, last week
Nnamdi Kanu, director of the banned Radio Biafra, was detained by secret police on 17 October and accused of terrorism. Photograph: AP Photo/AP
Associated Press in Abuja
Tuesday 2 February 2016 11.07 GMT Last modified on Tuesday 2 February 2016 13.50 GMT
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Nigerian militants have hijacked a merchant ship and threatened to blow it up with its foreign crew if authorities do not release a detained leader agitating for a breakaway state of Biafra, according to officers in the military.

The vessel – which has not been identified – was hijacked on Friday and the navy is pursuing it, the officers said.

The hijackers have given the government 31 days to free Nnamdi Kanu, the director of the banned Radio Biafra, who was detained by secret police on 17 October and accused of terrorism.

The ultimatum was given at the weekend by a militant identified by the nom de guerre of Gen Ben. A leader of a Biafran separatist movement, Uchena Madu, said Ben was not a separatist but “some Niger Delta militants have shown interest in working with us”.

The hijacking indicates the separatists could be working with Niger Delta militants blamed for recent bombings of oil pipelines in the oil-rich south, escalating conflict in a country already burdened by Boko Haram’s deadly Islamist uprising in the north-east and violent ethno-religious confrontations between farmers and herders in central Nigeria.

Africa’s biggest economy and oil producer has also been affected by plummeting petroleum prices.

Nigeria’s Igbo people prosecuted a civil war to create a separate state of Biafra in the south-east that killed a million people in the 1960s. Many Igbos claim they still suffer discrimination.

If they dont manage this well, Nigeria Bye bye!

And Buhari has failed to address us on the state of the nation. He asked for this paid job and got it hence, he is obligated to keep us updated about the job we employed him to carry out.

Currently watching DW finish Nigeria.

These boys want to set up Nigeria against another country. May God see us through this trying times.

So the government can include terrorism as one of his charges and then do the needful.

kayfra:
So the government can include terrorism as one of his charges and then do the needful.

U want to burn this country down abi? U are one of the people that dont want peace to reign?

uwantsome:


U want to burn this country down abi? U are one of the people that dont want peace to reign?

Tell Kanu and his militants

may GOD help us

uwantsome:


U want to burn this country down abi? U are one of the people that dont want peace to reign?

My friend! Nothing will happen! If the FG should do anything, there is NOTHING IPOD can do except kill themselves

ola6:


My friend! Nothing will happen! If the FG should do anything, there is NOTHING IPOD can do except kill themselves

nothing will happen abi until u receive one bomb @ apapa u head go reformat

kayfra:


Tell Kanu and his militants

SS/SE will not tolerate dictatorship, tell Buhari.

Laugh wan kill me die. Buhari should release Nnamdi and focus on delivering change agenda.

We still haven't learned that violence solve zero to nothing. Especially when you are outgunned and out matched

We still haven't learned that violence solve zero to nothing. Especially when you are outgunned and out matched. Instead of building an army, build a nation of diplomats, scientists, doctors, engineers, etc. If the separate they would just have a country blindly following a man, because most just know how to fight.