AFENIFERE SPEAKING ON NNAMDI KANU'S REARREST

Only northerners want Nnamdi Kanu’s rearrest — Afenifere The National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba sociocultural organisation, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, tells TOBI AWORINDE that President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to clamp down on hate speech will worsen the issue Why are you against calls for the rearrest of pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu? To start with, experience has shown that arrest cannot resolve the question of self-determination. Two years ago, who knew Nnamdi Kanu? Maybe he was just on the Internet or Radio Biafra. But when he was arrested and detained for over a year he became popular. You realise today that when he is addressing crowds in the South-East, thousands gather and follow (him). They (government) made him popular. If they rearrest him, they are going to further popularise him and bring into focus the issues he is fighting for. Why don’t they deal with the issues, solve the nationality question and render his achievements ineffective? His arrest will not resolve the matter.
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