Nnamdi Kanu
has violated bail conditions –FG
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Why northern
youth leaders have not been arrested
From Romanus
Ugwu, Abuja
The Minister
of Interior, Lt-Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd), has accused the
leader
of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, of violating the bail
conditions given him by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Dambazau,
who made the allegation during a press conference held in his office in Abuja
yesterday, however noted that it is left for the Court to determine what
becomes of his action and to what extent he violated the conditions when his
trial resumes.
Assuring
that police arresting Kanu is totally out of consideration, the Minister said:
“the other issue is that Nnamdi Kanu violates bail conditions but it is not
time yet for him to go back to the court on trial. We have this assumption but
I think it is left for the court that gave those conditions to determine
whether those conditions were violated or not.
“If those
conditions were violated, the court knows what to do. We cannot assume that
those conditions are being violated. Yes, the public knows those conditions
given but the determination of the extent of violation will be left for the
court.
“It is not
like the police will go after Kanu to arrest him on the grounds that he
violated the bail conditions. Kanu will have a day in court and the court will
determine his fate because it is the court that gave those conditions.” He
equally spoke on why the Federal Government and the law enforcement agencies
have not arrested leaders of the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups behind the
quit order given to Igbo in the northern part of the country, explaining that
they have been invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) for
questioning.
According to
him; “the group that called themselves coalition of Arewa Associations that
held a press conference in Kaduna where they gave October 1 ultimatum to the
Igbo to quit the north as a response to what they termed as issue of separatist
agenda of IPOB and claim that there are lots of excitements from the Igbo
against northerners, of course, they later claimed that the media quoted them
out of context. I am very much aware that the DSS invited all of them, held a
meeting with them to which they made a statement to the effect that what was
reported in the media was not what they said.
“They
further wrote to the Acting President indicating that they did not make
inciting statement as to the issue of violence or forceful ejection of the Igbo
in the north. However, it was on the basis of that the northern elders called
them to also reaffirm from them that what was reported is not exactly what they
meant.
“Secondly,
it is something that the Kaduna State government is handling since that is
where it happened. I want to think that it was on that basis that the arrest
was not made. Again, there has been several efforts to dialogue between the
northern youths and the Igbo youths. Several of such meetings have been held
including the reported one a week ago but my understanding is that these
various groups are trying to reach an understanding.
“More
importantly, government has given assurance when the Acting President met with
leadership from various parts of the country that nothing is going to happen to
any person. Government has assured that everybody should stay and continue
normal businesses.”
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