KADUNA—Former governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Umar (retd) has warned the Federal Government not to re-arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, saying doing so would be “dangerous and politically unwise.”

In a statement issued in Kaduna, Umar said Kanu is not a “common criminal” but a “bitter young man fighting for a fairer deal for his Igbo kinsmen.” According to the statement, “reports in the media indicate that the Federal Government has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail granted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and have him rearrested. This is both dangerous and politically unwise.

Kanu not a common criminal “Mazi Kanu is not a common criminal as the government appears to think. On the contrary, he is a bitter young man fighting for a fairer deal for his Igbo kinsmen. His seeming militant approach is the result of the strong arm tactics with which the Federal Government deals with him. His long incarceration before a court granted him bail testifies to this. “Like Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, many Igbo genuinely feel marginalised since they belong to the category of those who gave Mr President only five per cent of their votes and appeared to have fallen out of his favour.

“President Buhari’s insistence that the unity of Nigeria is a settled issue is a nationalistic wish and is no surprise coming from a veteran of civil war fought to keep the country one. However, this does not take into account the mood of the nation as indicated by the growing agitations for self determination, restructuring and many other similar demands. “If indeed the President is able to ignore and silence those agitators, it will be a case of suspended animation. All indications are that Nigeria has become so polarize

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/s-east-govs-to-engage-kanu-on-Igbos-absolute-demands/

Julietm:
KADUNA—Former governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Umar (retd) has warned the Federal Government not to re-arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, saying doing so would be “dangerous and politically unwise.”

In a statement issued in Kaduna, Umar said Kanu is not a “common criminal” but a “bitter young man fighting for a fairer deal for his Igbo kinsmen.” According to the statement, “reports in the media indicate that the Federal Government has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail granted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and have him rearrested. This is both dangerous and politically unwise. Kanu not a common criminal “Mazi Kanu is not a common criminal as the government appears to think. On the contrary, he is a bitter young man fighting for a fairer deal for his Igbo kinsmen. His seeming militant approach is the result of the strong arm tactics with which the Federal Government deals with him. His long incarceration before a court granted him bail testifies to this. “Like Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, many Igbo genuinely feel marginalised since they belong to the category of those who gave Mr President only five per cent of their votes and appeared to have fallen out of his favour. “President Buhari’s insistence that the unity of Nigeria is a settled issue is a nationalistic wish and is no surprise coming from a veteran of civil war fought to keep the country one. However, this does not take into account the mood of the nation as indicated by the growing agitations for self determination, restructuring and many other similar demands. “If indeed the President is able to ignore and silence those agitators, it will be a case of suspended animation. All indications are that Nigeria has become so polarize

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/s-east-govs-to-engage-kanu-on-Igbos-absolute-demands/

Wise counsel from a patriot, but I doubt if the hawks around Mr presido would agree to your dovish stance cause their thoughts are like " kill them before they grow"

"All indications are that Nigeria has become so polarize"

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He whom the gods wants to kill, they first make mad...(make that 'deaf' in the case of Nigeria).

Julietm:
“Like Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, many Igbo genuinely feel marginalised since they belong to the category of those who gave Mr President only five per cent of their votes and appeared to have fallen out of his favour.

this is not exactly correct. We didn't fall out of his favour because of the 5% vote. We were marginalised by him and his kind before the war, during the war and after the war. Up until now. We don't regret giving him 5% vote. He is only confirming what we thought of him.

Adieu Nigeria
Adieu giant fraud
Adieu British contraption.

Rest in pieces till Pa vegetable meet you again in the next world.

But where is Lalasticlala ?

The sensible ones from the Northern side are speaking up lately.

Buhari should listen to them.

REPENT NOW OF YOUR SINFUL EVIL WAYS TO AVOID SPENDING YOUR ETERNITY IN HELL FIRE WHEN YOU DIE....JESUS CHRIST LOVES AND WARN YOU TO REPENT AND CONVERT NOW TO CHRISTIANITY TO AVOID HELL FIRE... You are not a mistake creature God specially made you to be with Him here and in eternity in heavenly paradise... Be wise avoid hell.

And so what?

babyfaceafrica:
And so what?

What do you mean?

I can't believe this kinda wisdom can come from the North. Wonderful.

I personally want Buhari to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu. I want Nigeria to end sooner. That war that are using to threaten us, I want to see it..

Julietm:

What do you mean?

who the guy EPP?