Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) should not be released, according to the leader of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima.
Shettima believed Kanu must face the wrath of the law for his alleged atrocities against the Nigerian state.
Shettima said Mazi Kanu had committed more atrocious damage to the country than any person or group since after the Nigerian civil war that lasted 30 months.
Shettima maintained that releasing Kanu would further compound the security challenges in the country and adversely affect President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government.
The Northern group leader made these remarks following President Buhari’s promise to consider releasing the IPOB leader following a visit by some Igbo leaders to the Presidential Villa, in Abuja.
Recall that President Buhari had made the remarks during a meeting with some South-East leaders under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats, led by First Republic parliamentarian and Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi at the State House, in Abuja.
Amaechi had pleaded with the president to release Mazi Kanu.
Shettima, however, stressed that the IPOB leader’s release would undermine what he has done to Nigeria as the IPOB leader.
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In the words of Shettima, “There is the possibility of undermining the consequences of what this man (Nnamdi Kanu) did to the country and by implication, if he is allowed to go unpunished, it would be sending the wrong message.
“Nobody in the history of this country has done more damage to this country since the civil war than this young man.” Shettima told DailyPost.
“If at the end of the day, they allow him to go unpunished after what he has done, the implication is that nobody will ever commit any offence of this nature and be punished because everybody will always refer to him.
“And this means that the constitution is automatically suspended in the country.”
He also said allowing Mazi Kanu to go home would indicated that anyone could commit any crime against the over 200 million Nigerians and get away with it.
