The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, on
Sunday warned the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration against attempt
to rearrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
IYC warned that any attempt at
rearresting the IPOB leader will “set Nigeria in flames.”
Wondering why Arewa youths have
not been arrested over the quit notice asking Igbos to vacate North, the body
maintained that the Buhari-led government had lost the moral right to rearrest
Kanu.
In a statement by its leader Eric
Omare, the group claimed things would have taken an entirely different twist if
the threat had emanated from another tribe.
According to Omare, “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.
“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 body called on the President
to release Niger Delta youth activists who were arrested for making comments on
social media, an offense far less grievous than the threat issued by the Arewa
youths.
“While the Arewa youths are
enjoying state dinners, Niger Delta youth activists, such as Ezekiel Daniel,
Alex Odogu, ex-militant leader Bonny Gawei, and several others, are in
underground detention cells.
“Ezekiel Daniel has been in DSS
detention for more than a year for a mere Facebook comment. This is sad and
unacceptable.
“The IYC condemns this
institutionalization of double standards in national affairs by the Buhari
administration in the strongest terms,” the group said.
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