You Can’t Arrest Nnamdi Kanu And Ignore Gumi, Diri Tells Buhari

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has bemoaned the selective enforcement of the law by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, wondering why some persons have become sacred crow in fight against insecurity.

Speaking on the rearrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Diri questioned why the Buhari government has not gone after renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, over his alleged link to bandits.

Diri averred that the impression that the government is protecting some persons that are destabilising the country because they are from a particular region portends great consequences for the country.

Diri added that such development could further divide an already polarised country, noting that it was very unfair.

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Diri said, “Two things I have to say.

“First, they should give him [Nnamdi Kanu] a fair hearing so that the trial will not be done in a way that everyone (especially the Igbo) will see it as oppression” Diri said in an interview on Channels TV on Wednesday.

“Second, as we talk about the IPOB, what about the boys (bandits and herdsmen) organising killings in the North and in the whole country? What of Sheik Gumi? He has become somebody no one can touch. That’s very unfair.”

GreenWhiteGreen reports that Gumi had recently warned the government against the killing of bandits, insisting that the criminals were victims too.

The Islamic scholar insisted that no school was safe in the North West for now until the government negotiated with the bandits.

His recent statement has raised questions of his involvement with the bandits and why the Buhari’s administration has failed to summon him for questioning.

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