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Kanu: CNG Calls For Mbazulike’s Arrest

From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano


The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Monday in Kano, demanded for the arrest and prosecution of members of Chief Amaechi Mbazulike-led Highly Respected Igbo Greta’s’ who recently appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to facilitate the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.


Recall that Mbazulike, a former Aviation Minister and First Republic Parliamentarian had recently led eminent Igbo elders to Aso Rock where they pleaded with President Buhari, to among other things, ensure the release of Nnamdi Kanu so as to return peace, normalcy and economic activities in the South-East.
However, the CNG, viewed Mbazulike’s group demand as unpatriotic, and called for the arrest of all the members.


Addressing Journalists at Kano Press Centre through their spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, CNG demanded for, “the arrest and prosecution of those Igbo leaders and any other group or individual who are involved in this complicity to get Kanu freed by subverting the course of justice as accomplice and sponsors of the many atrocities and crimes committed  by Kanu against humanity and the Nigerian state.”


According to them, “the group’s demand and the President’s promise, represent nothing short of a grand conspiracy to condone and impose an agenda of destruction and collective mayhem seen in the several unreasonable and unacceptable actions that have been perpetrated against the Nigerian state and people by Kanu.


“The demand, and Buhari’s disturbing promise to consider it without minding the number of soldiers, policemen and thousands of other innocent Nigerians already murdered and presently physically threatened by IPOB terrorists on the part of those in power.”
They alleged that, “Buhari’s response to the Igbo leaders’ demand could also signal a dangerous endorsement of the amassing of the huge number of arms already imported by IPOB terrorists and their sponsors, which are already being used to cause mayhem across the country.”


The northern group maintained that, “the President’s body dance towards acceding to the demands for Kanu’s release suggests that he has lost the statesmanship and courage to uphold the universal principles of separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.


“This has also further exposed the extent of complicity and docility of our clerics and other community leaders who were in the forefront of urging tolerance from northerners when they came under incessant attacks, but could not find the voice to speak today.”


CNG further, “warn President Buhari to reclaim his statesmanship by refusing to be cajoled into interfering with the standard principle of separation of powers and independence of the judiciary.”


The northern group insisted that, “any attempt by the President to accede to the demand to release, without prosecuting and punishing Kanu, will inadvertently reduce Nigeria to a completely lawless state where criminals of all shades will commit crimes against the country, and then ask their traditional rulers and other regional or tribal leaders to press for their release.”

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