Nnamdi Kanu’s re-arrest: Buhari boldly translating his words to action

On Tuesday June 29, Nigerians woke up to the news from the press release of the Attorney General of the Federation that the fugitive leader of selfproclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been re-arrested.

That news, filtering with awe and apprehension, did not only restore calm and hope to the dozens of families who have lost their loved ones due to the atrocities of IPOB, but also it came with pride and eulogy for Nigeria’s secret police for their excellent job in ensuring that Nnamdi Kanu is apprehended abroad so as to face justice at home.

Truth be told, ever since its creation in 2014, the atrocities of the IPOB Movement have caused more deaths, economic hardships, and infrastructural losses to the people they claim to represent than ever before. The resultant consequence of their inactions led the Federal Government of

Nigeria to proscribe the group, and label it a terrorist organization.

Having jumped bail in 2017, Nnamdi Kanu had ample time and opportunities to retrace his steps. Rather than do so, he outrightly militarized his loyalists and continued to incite them towards violent insurrections and killings across the South eastern Nigeria.

Now that the goose is finally at hand, I am confident that the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN, would ensure that justice is meted on this man whose actions have caused miseries in the lives of many Nigerians.

As rightly put by President Muhammadu Buhari, those of us who fought the Nigeria Civil war (1967-1970) would never wish it for our children nor generations to come.

Ahmed S. Adoke Okene, Kogi State