*Adebanjo Faults Extradition
Matilda Omonaiye & Femi Ashekun/
Archbishop of Enugu Provence, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev Emmanuel Chukwuma, has alleged that leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was lured with a woman to where he was arrested.
The cleric, who described Kanu’s arrest as a good development, accused the IPOB leader of jumping bail and betraying Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and others who secured his bail.
He said, “Rather, when he was abroad, he was instigating people to cause confusion. We warned him several times to stop that. It’s not only that; we felt that if you are a leader and you are part of the problem of Nigeria, you should come down here, so we can discuss with others on how to solve the problem.”
Chukwuma described Kanu as a weak leader, who “played into the hands of Nigerian Intelligence Agency, who set him up with a woman from London to Brazil, where he was arrested and then tranquilised to the point of bringing him to Nigeria.
“That shows irresponsibility. How can a woman and tranquiliser be a way of catching you if you are really a very strong leader? I feel disappointed in him because they lured him out of London to Brazil with a woman. It’s a shame.”
In his own reaction, the acting leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, faulted Kanu’s extradition.
Adebanjo told newsmen shortly after a meeting of the group held at his residence, in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, yesterday, that Kanu should not have been handed over to the Nigerian government while he was enjoying a political asylum.
He said Kanu should consider his current travails as part of the price a revolutionary fighter must be ready to pay.
Adebanjo said. “Anybody fighting for revolution must be ready for that; I was also a victim of treasonable felony. They tried some of us; what the British did, they did for Action Group when they repatriated Chief (Anthony) Enahoro.
“They didn’t do it while we were in Ghana, the government there protected us. He (Kanu) had been giving asylum, they then sent him back. It is wrong and improper, having granted him asylum, to hand him over to his enemy, I condemn it…”
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