By Chijindu Emeruwa A political activist, Ayomipe Jatto, has claimed the immediate past All Progressives Congress-led government of ...
By Chijindu Emeruwa
A political activist, Ayomipe Jatto, has claimed the
immediate past All Progressives Congress-led government of former President
Muhammadu Buhari passed a baton of militia character to President Bola Tinubu
after keeping the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in prison
for years.
The Activist tasked leaders of Igbo ethnic-nationality with
togetherness in resolving the sit-at-home syndrome, which he described as a
burning flame capable of hurting the region more.
He spoke on Sunday over the lingering controversy
surrounding Kanu’s continued incarceration by the Department of State Service
in Abuja, despite court pronouncement for his freedom.
Jatto insisted that the southeast region has turned into a
war zone without any external aggressor but an enemy they created for
themselves, now affecting other regions in the country because of a lack of
unity.
He also noted that the southeast is a region at war with
itself where innocent primary school children are attacked and Igbo markets set
ablaze by loyalists of Nnamdi Kanu.
Jatto further warned that Kanu must not die in jail for
seeking the independence of the Biafra Republic from Nigeria.
He said, “The release of Nnamdi Kanu was impossible despite
the court order that allowed him go on bail, I urge President Bola Tinubu and
the APC-led government to look into the issue.
“There are other pending cases on him in the courts of which
only one granted him bail. Mr President needs to look into it speedily to avoid
a civil war which may last for 7 months and 3 weeks as the great seer. The
matter requires following a political solution from the presidency and talks
with Eastern elites.
“The current action of bringing out school children, beating
and molesting them; burning down of Amaraku market is inhuman and it will have
much effect on the children mentally. Nigeria is killing itself and,
unfortunately, will remain stagnant.
“The people in the southeast need to gather and speak with
one voice while the people in the Diaspora that have been funding them,
claiming that the Fulani herdsmen are killing their women are now regretting
the outcome, it’s now clear to them that the Fulani is not the only threat in
the south-east, rather the lack of unity in the south-east is the threat to
itself.
On the sit-at-home order often issued by the pro-Biafra
group in the southeast, Mr Jatto opined: “A massive protest is better than
sitting at home, the Easterners can’t sit-at-home for one million years in the
guise that they want Nnamdi Kanu out of prison, to me it is self-deceit because
it is like one punishing his own children backwards which will affect the
businesses of poor Igbos.
The southwest political activist urged President Bola Tinubu
to grant freedom to the pro-Biafra secessionist, who he described as a strong
leader in the southeast region, so as to restore peace and stability in the
country.
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