Kayode Kolawole
The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has pleaded with the President Bola Tinubu to embrace dialogue with IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators.
This request was made by the President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike in reaction to Asari Dokubo statement while speaking with the Press immediately after his meeting with President Tinubu in Aso rock, branding the IPOB leader a criminal, thus, calling on the President not to release him.
According to Nnabuike, it was unthinkable that at a time many patriotic citizens of the country were thinking of ways to unite the country, the ex-militant who postures as a ‘son of the President’ was busy throwing up ideas that would further distabilize the country.
In his words “We have always known Dokubo-Asari as a rabble-rouser who is not interested in the progress and prosperity of this nation.
“This is a man who had been in the creeks for years sabotaging the country’s economy. We all know what it is to sabotage the economy of a country- what other crime could be more than this?
“But curiously, the same man who claims to have repented, even when his boys are still in the creeks, has the temerity to brand Nnamdi Kanu a criminal.
“When did Asari Dokubo become a court of competent jurisdiction to decide who is a criminal? He has only taken his hatred for Ndigbo too far,” Nnabuike said.
The Igbo group further urged the President to ignore Dokubo and his ilks who are not in any way interested in the positive future of the country but their selfish gains.
“Mr President made it clear that he is ready to unite the fragmented country he inherited from the past administration and he has been so much applauded for this.
“We urge Mr President to go ahead and not allow his administration to be derailed by hypocrites like Asari Dokubo who want to feed fat from any form of crisis in the country. Mr President should be wary of him and his sponsors who are enemies of the government.
“The Federal Government should do well to invite and engage Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators. They are fighting for justice and marginalisation. If the government could engage members of Boko Haram who have killed and maimed millions of people, it should not find it hard to engage the agitators.
“Mr President is one of those who vehemently fought in favour of democracy and justice in the past; he should give a listening ear to Nnamdi Kanu,” he stated.