Nnamdi Kanu’s trial must follow due process, Gov Wike says, as Gov Ortom urges Buhari to find killer-herdsmen
Anthony Iwuoma
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that the Federal Government must ensure that the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, follows due process.
This is even as Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, urged the Federal Government to locate and arrest killer-herdsmen in the same way it did Kanu.
Wike, who spoke during an interview on Arise Television, said Kanu’s trial must not reinforce the belief by some that the president is a hater of the South-east.
The governor also urged the Federal Government to urgently extend the same strategies it used to arrest Kanu against bandits, killer-herdsmen and militias, terrorising the country.
“We must not make a hullabaloo about the prosecution of Nnamdi Kanu. I don’t agree with his principle,” Woke said..
“I have come out and said you (Kanu) cannot annex my state to be your own. But that does not mean that you’ll not allow the law to take its course.”
He insisted that government must not discriminate but go all out to arrest every wanted terrorist on its watchlist and bring them to book.
Wike said: “You cannot afford to discriminate at this point. You cannot say because Nnamdi Kanu is from a particular area, let us prosecute him. The same thing must apply to all other people, the bandits, Myetti Allah.”
Similarly, Ortom, said the battle against insecurity should not be selective in approach.
Speaking at flag-off of the cropping season, the governor said: “If they can arrest Nnamdi Kanu in a foreign land and bring him to Nigeria, the Federal Government should arrest killer-herdsmen as they have caused pains to Nigerians.
“Miyetti Allah has openly confessed to some killings in the country and threatened the peace of the county yet they are going about freely.
“If the Federal Government does not arrest leaders of Miyetti Allah, then they are not serious.”
Ortom did not see anything wrong with asking for self-determination and also called for due process in the trial of Kanu, the IPOB leader.
