‘Plan to re-arrest Kanu, a big mistake’

The Secretary of Eastern Consultative Assembly and Deputy Secretary of Igbo Leaders of thought, Evang. Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko, has described alleged plan by the Federal Government of Nigeria to re-arrest the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as “a big mistake.”



In a statement yesterday, Ugochukwu-Uko warned that “the agenda to re-arrest Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, agreed by the political class, sponsored by those fiercely opposed to the restructuring of Nigeria and endorsed by those who hate our people with passion, will permanently alter the Nigeria political firmament. This is probably ordained by God.

“For close to two years, the world has been regaled by series of childish mistakes by the Nigeria Government; as regards the manner the FG has handled agitation for self-determination.

“The decision to re-arrest Kanu in the belief that nothing will happen, is a very costly mistake. Arresting him in October, 2015 was a big mistake. Denying him bail was another mistake; executing his followers in cold blood in Aba, Onitsha, Asaba and Nkpor, a much bigger mistake. And now re-arresting a man who commands the fanatical following of millions of angry young men will definitely spur grave surprises for us all, head or tail,” he said.

Ugochukwu-Uko also alleged that “the political leaders, who are hands and glove with the plotters of this decision, desperately want Kanu out of circulation; they claim he is a threat to their re-election. The enemies of restructuring see him as a big threat to the sustenance of the current unitary structure, they believe Kanu has singularly created so much awareness on the need to restructure, that the whole world has come to agree that restructuring Nigeria is inevitable. They blame Kanu for this and swore never to forgive him.”