Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, says top separatists, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, and Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will continue to have support of majority of Nigerians because President Muhammadu Buhari seem to empathise with bandits and killer herdsmen.
Omokri, via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday night, said some communities in northern Nigeria pay bandits money — something President Buhari “is fully aware of”.
“Multiple communities in Northern Nigeria have peace pacts with bandits and killer herdsmen, of which they pay them a certain amount every month. The Buhari government is fully aware of this and does nothing. That’s why Igboho and Kanu will continue to have support,” Omokri wrote.
Kanu was rearrested in Kenya in June and brought back to Nigeria to face trial for treasonable felony.
Following his arrest, he was remanded in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). His trial will continue in October before a federal high court in Abuja.
Igboho, on the other hand, still has case in court in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
The Yoruba nation agitator was arrested at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou not long ago.
The Nigerian government had declared Igboho wanted after he escaped from his Ibadan home when operatives of the DSS raided his house on July 1.
