FG confused over Kanu, self-determination agitation, says Afenifere

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, has said the Federal Government is not serious about the case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

Afenifere said this in a reaction to the amended seven counts that the Federal Government filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the IPIB leader.

The National Secretary General of the association, Mr. Sola Ebiseni, in a statement said, it appeared that the government was confused on what to do.

“For instance, the alleged name-calling of Muhammadu Buhari in April 2015, even before he became President would ordinarily be ignored as childish vulgar unworthy of high profile criminal prosecution.

“In all the other charges, Kanu is either being persecuted for alleged statements in foreign land as alleged leader of the proscribed IPOB inciting secession in Nigeria or threatened that anyone who flouted his sit-at-home order should prepare his or her death will”.

It added, “A government that admits that mere words of Kanu has become law, either by legitimate obedience or fear, even while in detention, should think out of the box.

“The appropriate mindset is to admit that Nigeria, as a wobbling contraception of entrenched nationalities, is negotiable and that negotiations do not necessarily lead to dismemberment. Let the dialogue begin.