President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, weighed-in on
the continued detention of Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi
Kanu.
During his first Presidential Media Chat, Buhari gave some
insight into the activities of Kanu, while failing to answer why
the federal government has continued to disobey court orders
to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB).
“The one you called Kanu, do you know he has two
passports? One Nigerian, one British and he came to this
country without using any passport?
Do you know that he brought sophisticated equipment into
this country and started broadcasting for Radio Biafra?”
“There is a treasonable charge against him and I hope the
court will listen to the case.”
On the alleged marginalisation of Ndigbo and the agitation for
creation of the Biafra Republic, President Buhari said the
agitators have failed to state those marginalising them.
Buhari also stated that the recent wave of pro-Biafra protests
and the clamour for secession is politically motivated.
“They say they are marginalised but they have not defined the
extent of marginalisation. Who is marginalising them? Where?
Do you know? Choosing a minister is not a matter of
ethnicity, it is a matter of the constitution.
“I am limited by what the constitution says that there must be
a member of the executive council from each state. There is
a lot of partisan politics in it.”
“Who is the Minister of State for Petroleum? Is he not an
Igbo? Who is the governor of the CBN? Is he not an Igbo?
Who is the Minister of Labour? Who is the Minister of Science
and Technology?”
“What do they want? I stood elections and I won, I am limited
by the constitution, I have a member of every state in the
Federal Executive Council and I have to listen to them when I
sit as chairman. That is the limit the constitution gave me”.
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