A former Military Administrator of Kaduna State, Col Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, Rtd, has advised the Nigerian Government against the plan to re-arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and other agitators behind him, saying, ”It will be a tragic mistake to treat them as common criminals.”
Umar gave the warning on Wednesday in a statement he signed and made available to DAILY POST.

The former governor buttressed his point by quoting Shiekh Usman Danfodio’s famous speech where he said that “One of the swiftest ways of destroying a kingdom is to give preference to one particular tribe over another, or to show favour to one group of people rather than another, and to draw near those who should be kept away and keep away those that should be drawn near.”

Umar further described the move to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu as dangerous and politically unwise, adding that the IPOB leader is not a common criminal and should not treated as such.
Umar, now Chairman, Movement for Unity & Progress, MUP, said, “Reports in the media indicate that the Federal government has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail granted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and have him rearrested.

“This is both dangerous and politically unwise. Mazi Kanu is not a common criminal as the government appears to think. On the contrary, he is a bitter young man fighting for a fairer deal for his Igbo kinsmen.

His seeming militant approach is the result of the strong arm tactics with which the Federal Government deals with him. His long incarceration before a court granted him bail testifies to this.

“Like Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, many Igbos genuinely feel marginalized since they belong to the category of those who gave Mr President only 5% of their votes and appeared to have fallen out of his favour.
“President Buhari’s insistence that the unity of Nigeria is a settled issue is a nationalistic wish and is no surprise coming from a veteran of civil war fought to keep the country one.

“However, this does not take into account the mood of the nation as indicated by the growing agitations for self determination, restructuring and many other similar demands.

“If indeed the President is able to ignore and silence those agitators, it will be a case of suspended animation. All indications are that Nigeria has become so polarized that it requires a strong personality like General Buhari to sustain its fragile unity.
“Needless to say that this does not bode well for the survival of the nation.
“Most Nigerians are convinced of the need to maintain Nigeria’s unity, cognisant of the enormous benefits all sections drive from a large, diverse and resource rich country.
“The Federation also provides a security umbrella to all the federating units which enhance their survivability and prosperity.
“It is difficult to see how any of them can fare better out of the federation. But the fact that there are growing agitations for self determination, restructuring and other similar demands speak gravely of the way the federation is being governed.

“Nigeria’s unity can only be guaranteed when all its citizens feel they are getting a fair deal; when all its component parts are treated justly and equitably. When none feels oppressed.

http://dailypost.ng/2017/08/30/biafra-will-tragic-mistake-rearrest-nnamdi-kanu-former-governor-col-abubakar-umar/

Finally a reasonable voice from the north. It was a disservice to arrest Kanu in the first instance

Yoruba muslims will attack him for this.

ok
They will never listen. Even kanu himself wants to be arrested now because that is the last straw to chaos all over the country.
Biafra agitation will escalate to a whole new level if that guy is arrested.
SE and SS will unleash hostilities on SW and North
North will unleash hostilities on SE,SS and SW christians
SW will want to retaliate
militants will be back with destruction of oil installations
Many lives will be lost
The only way to balance this equation is to arrest every single person issuing threat from arewa to ipob to afenifere if any is arrested and the other is left, a chain reaction of violence will be initiated

Best advice: Leave kanu alone and focus on showing igbos reason to have hope on being nigerians

fp lalasticlala

Buhari is a daft illiterate that will never read or listen to advise

Jus very few ppl will see reason in his comment.. D govt's initial move was what gave a stronger stance to IPOB and made it d monster it is claiming today..

God bless you sir. Some people have become sacred cows in this country, they can do whatever they like and get away with it while others are treated as common criminals and hunted like cheap game.
I may not support Nnamdi Kanu, but he has not committed any crime as far as human rights, equity, fairness and justice is concerned.
Nigeria’s unity can only be guaranteed when all its citizens feel they are getting a fair deal; when all its component parts are treated justly and equitably. When none feels oppressed.

Word on marble for President Buhari

Buhari's initial arrest of Nnamdi KANU was grave mistake. The only solution to the present impasse is dialogue.
Buhari's problem is that he hate Nnamdi KANU because Kanu called him a paedophile and hate Igbos because we didn't vote him.

The first arrest made him famous
Made him dear to people's heart

Who knows what the second arrest will bring?

A sensible man has spoken but the dullard in the villa is too dull to understand

Arresting him in the first place gave him the influence he has today. APC is a party of dullards. If they ignored him then, IPOB agitation would have died a natural death

Buhari knows what he is doing..

He is leading Nigeria to destruction... by attempting Jihad war against the south...

That was his only intention and mission of wanting to be president.


We all know it but we are just avoiding the truth.

Well spoken...Nnamdi Kanu that was arrested and the one out there now fighting for fairer deal for his people are two different people...it will be yet another terrible mistake to arrest him since arresting him in the first place gave him a massive boost...young or not, negotiate with Nnamdi Kanu, it's not the age that matters in the end as he now represents something bigger than an individual now..

God Bless Nigeria

I can't believe there are intelligent men in the North. I still think they are not up to 1%. Nice one sir.

The best way to defeat Kanu is by winning over his followers. If you give Igbos a superior reason to believe in Nigeria then Kanu and co will just fade away. What do the Igbo want?

1 An abolition of Quota system and affirmative action currently enjoyed by the Fulani.
2 The system of privileges entrenched by quota system which has made the north docile and less competitive in the resource value chain.
3 Fair and equitable distribution of resources by nationally agreed and negotiated indices.
4 Governments sincerity in protecting the lives and property of all Nigerians regardless of place of origin, religion or political views.

I think we can start from here to renegotiate our very fragile union and stop strong arming dissenting voices in a democracy.

Ok

Nigeria’s unity can only be guaranteed when all its citizens feel they are getting a fair deal; when all its component parts are treated justly and equitably. When none feels oppressed.

I hope zombies will read and understand or is Col Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, Rtd another traitor

Wisdom

But will Buhari listen.?


Time will tell

A saintly Fulani man have spoken.

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Wow..the most reasonable voice from the north so far.
Like I said before re arresting KANU will be the greatest undoing of this contraption called Nigeria.

Such act will surly endear more agitators into the struggle.

fp lalasticlala

Aegon:
The best way to defeat Kanu is by winning over his followers. If you give Igbos a superior reason to believe in Nigeria then Kanu and co will just fade away. What do the Igbo want?

1 An abolition of Quota system and affirmative action currently enjoyed by the Fulani.
2 The system of privileges entrenched by quota system which has made the north docile and less competitive in the resource value chain.
3 Fair and equitable distribution of resources by nationally agreed and negotiated indices.
4 Governments sincerity in protecting the lives and property of all Nigerians regardless of place of origin, religion or political views.

I think we can start from here to renegotiate our very fragile union and stop strong arming dissenting voices in a democracy.

it's not possible for the north to give up it's power, it can never happen, they must approach everything with brute force to maintain their hegemony. I'm just been realistic.

You can never see the likes of sarrki, vedexcool, mynd4, prowalker, lexy247, omobba, agborowo, nwegekwenu, danite and all other first class zombies on this kind of thread. If its Igbo matter you see them fooling around such thread making a dummy of themselves! What's a waste of life!

Buhari does not engage in smart discussion

He is too foolish

abouzaid:
it's not possible for the north to give up it's power, it can never happen, they must approach everything with brute force to maintain their hegemony. I'm just been realistic.

North does not have any power or advantage... it's just an illusion sold by the SouthWest bought by the North.

The North is highly disadvantaged... in education, health care, job and investment.

while south west has the most upper hand.

The North are actually confused... they keep hearing accusations of benefiting from one Nigeria but they are not seeing any tangible results in terms of standard of living.

All the money still find their way to the south. especially South West.

South West always welcome the Igbos yet encourage the North to chase them out..

Even Buhari Presidency created more Hunger in the North.

North biggest mistake was to believe they are on top but, and started acting as if they they own Nigeria but they are actually below and don't actually own anything.

Even the military they keep using to threatening is not theirs... and Nigeria Army can't openly get involved in tribal or regional conflict. they would be sanctioned.

North only political strategy is violence... and threats.. which is weakness, crude and would lead Northern politicians to ICC Hague.. like the case of Arewa Youths...

So if you call threaten genocide on the Igbos in the North or Buhari rolling out tanks and fighter jet as political strategy... then the North should go learn from Obasanjo...

...a very sound, educative and articulated response from Col Umar. He that has ears let him hear. A word is a enough.

zionmade1:
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They will never listen. Even kanu himself wants to be arrested now because that is the last straw to chaos all over the country.
Biafra agitation will escalate to a whole new level if that guy is arrested.
SE and SS will unleash hostilities on SW and North
North will unleash hostilities on SE,SS and SW christians
SW will want to retaliate
militants will be back with destruction of oil installations
Many lives will be lost
The only way to balance this equation is to arrest every single person issuing threat from arewa to ipob to afenifere if any is arrested and the other is left, a chain reaction of violence will be initiated

Best advice: Leave kanu alone and focus on showing igbos reason to have hope on being nigerians

you have a nice point but the evil in the north will destroy them from listening

xcolanto:
You can never see the likes of sarrki, vedexcool, mynd4, prowalker, lexy247, omobba, agborowo, nwegekwenu, danite and all other first class zombies on this kind of thread. If its Igbo matter you see them fooling around such thread making a dummy of themselves! What's a waste of life!

don't blame them they are been paid to support the apc tyrant.. .they have to feed their children.. .poverty knows no reasoning

EmeeNaka:
Buhari's initial arrest of Nnamdi KANU was grave mistake. The only solution to the present impasse is dialogue.
Buhari's problem is that he hate Nnamdi KANU because Kanu called him a paedophile and hate Igbos because we didn't vote him.

buhari is a paedophile every one knows that.. .white men say it their culture muslim culture but it an evil culture...if you have a developed mind set