Some Northern elders have called on the President Muhammadu Buhari Federal Government to arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The elders said it was up to the court to decide if the IPOB leader had violated his bail conditions.
Speaking, elder statesman Yanko Yakassai said there was nothing wrong with Federal Government’s moves to re-arrest Kanu for his comments.
He said, ”Kanu is under bail with certain conditions, if those conditions were breached, it was right for the government to approach the court for decision.
”The issue is purely judicial, and the Federal Government has taken the right step to address it, and current effort by tribal lords to politicise it is unfortunate.”
Speaking to Vanguard on the same topic, a member of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Senator Joseph Waku called on the government to immediately arrest Kanu.
He said: ”Did he not violate his bail conditions? He should have his bail revoked and put back in jail. Nobody is above the law. The government should demonstrate thàt it is serious.”
Lending is voice, Abubakar Tsav, a former Commissioner of Police, said the IPOB leader has developed a penchant for making trouble.
He said, ”Kanu was not acquitted of the charges against him; he was only released on medical grounds.
”And the court gave him conditions which he appears to have violated. And he has developed a penchant for making trouble.
”I think the government is right to have approached the court again because if Kanu is left to continue the way he is going, other groups will emulate him.”
