Nyesom Wike, River State governor, has asked the federal government to also go after bandits, Miyetti Allah and other criminals causing mayhem in other parts of the country like it did for secessionist leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), was arrested and extradited to Nigeria on Sunday, after being on the run for almost four years.
Wike, who spoke on Arise TV on Thursday, told the federal government to deploy the same resources and attention used to apprehend Kanu to other elements causing insecurity in the nation.
The governor noted that though he rejects the methods of the IPOB leader, the federal government must allow the law to take its course during the his trial.
“Let people know that you’re not prosecuting him because he comes from a particular section of the country. You must also make provision to say all these people who have been causing security crises in Nigeria are also prosecuted,” he said.
“Let’s not make a hullabaloo about the prosecution of Nnamdi Kanu. I don’t believe in his principles. I’ve come out, and I’ve said that you cannot annex my state to be part of your own. But that doesn’t mean that you’ll not allow the law to take its cause.
“The same way that you have arrested Nnamdi Kanu should also be the same way that all others who you have known should be brought to book to face the wrath of the law. You cannot discriminate. You cannot say because Nnamdi Kanu is from a particular area, let us do this. The same principle must be applied to the bandits, Miyetti Allah and others.”
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