The federal politicians, particularly those from the north, have come under fire from the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) for endorsing the demand for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Anaedoonline.ng adds that as more notable Nigerians, including MPs, have joined the chorus calling for the IPOB leader’s freedom, the call has grown louder.
CNG, on the other hand, called the demand deceptive and said that politicians who supported it were not being patriotic.
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The Coalition claimed it could forgive Southeast senators and governors who they had long accused of being Nnamdi Kanu’s backers with ease, but it could not fathom why a legislator from the north would back the proposal.
It claimed that the call for Kanu’s release was disrespectful to those who died in the heat of Nnamdi Kanu’s secessionist ambitions and a slap in the face of the Nigerian people.
Remember that on August 7, 2017, the Northern Coalition reported Nnamdi Kanu to the UN, alleging that he was committing terror attacks on defenceless Nigerians.
Additionally, CNG supported designating IPOB, the Indigenous People of Biafra, as a terrorist group.
“We reject this legislative rascality…”, the group said in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi.
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“We are shocked that House of Representatives members, including those from Northern Nigeria, are supporting the release of a terrorist being held on charges before a court of competent jurisdiction.
“This is a blatant attempt to subvert the rule of law and undermine the authority of the Nigerian judiciary. Where were they when Nnamdi Kanu and his people were killing and are still killing the Northerners in the east?
“Where were they when the properties of the Northerners were destroyed by him? Are they elected for their personal benefits or for the interest of the Citizens? It is shameful and disheartening to see a Northern Lawmaker contributing in such an unjust matter.
“This will further demoralize the security operatives seeing the killer of their loved ones celebrated in the NASS instead of apprehended.
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“We are not surprised by the position of the southeastern legislators, their governors, religious and traditional leaders, being accomplices and supporters of Nnamdi kanu’s atrocities, but condemn in totality all Northern lawmakers who endorsed this treachery.
“We will not let the blood of our loved ones be in vain. We will not let terrorism prevail,” it stated.
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