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From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki
A lawyer in Ebonyi State and researcher on international laws of war, Chief Emmanuel Nwobo has argued against making the whole world to know that the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is at the Sokoto prisons, describing it as a security and tragic flaw.
Nwobo said Kanu, like General Uba, who was murdered by suspected terrorists, was a value target for the bandits internationally.
He further argued that exporting a high profile prisoner like Kanu to a far away terrorist infested North was a miscalculation and an error taken too far that may bring a far ending and avoidable consequences.
He opined that his right to nearness to his lawyers and justice is not only being violated but exposed to ultimate danger, which he likened to the case of Kashimawo Abiola in the 90s.
He maintained that if up to 300 students can be abducted in nearby Niger State with no rescue in sight, how much more a prisoner who was accused of inciting hatred and attacks on the Fulani, the armed herdsmen and bandits. “I am tired of how we run Nigeria. It is the same as announcing that a General who escaped after an ambush had made his way out and on his way back to base, without waiting for the natural conclusion of events.
“One of the qualities of good leadership in time like this, as we are currently experiencing in Nigeria, is coordinated strategic planning and information management. It is not a time for propaganda.
“Nnamdi Kanu like General Uba is a high value target internationally for the bandits and jihadist, meaning that they can do anything to get rid of him even with international assistance to score a very painful goal and trigger confusion. “When General Uba, who was ambushed with his troops, came under a crossfire, he escaped into the Sambisa Forest. It was alleged that he even made a WhatsApp video call and sent his location via WhatsApp chats asking to be rescued or extracted.
“It took the army forever until it became an ugly story. I don’t want to say that it was impossible for him to be extracted from the enemy’s camp. It may have been made very difficult by information lapses.
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“Exporting a high profile prisoner like Kanu to a far away terrorist infested North is a miscalculation and an error taken too far that may bring a far ending and avoidable consequences.
“His right to nearness to his lawyers and justice is not only being violated but also exposed to ultimate danger; a resemblance of the case of Abiola in the 90s
“If up to 300 students can be abducted in nearby Niger State with no rescue in sight, then how much more a prisoner who was accused of inciting hatred and attacks on the Fulani, the armed herdsmen and bandits. Sokoto is the capital of the Fulani with high jihadist inclinations and so much hatred already in the air.
“Kanu is not just a national and international prisoner, he is also an agitator, a prisoner of conscience, a freedom fighter and a separatist leader, with massive and regional followership that can also get deadly.
“Taking him to Sokoto Prisons is a miscalculation and a time bomb on our national cohesion. We are sitting on the brinks of a national disaster and creating an opportunity which the enemies of Nigeria can harvest easily and at all cost.
“Striking the facility where Kanu is being kept, and a mere rumour of that can trigger a national abnormality and we can’t wait.
“On the other hand, concealing his location and making it known only to his family would have been a better option
We cannot afford to make Kanu a soft target or one of the collateral damages arising from the war against banditry and jihadism.
“Note that Kanu is not a terrorist but a separatist leader that was tried on a non-existing terror law. A stitch in time saves nine,” Nwobo, a former Leader of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly said.
