The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says the federal government should start seeing Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu as someone that can be dialogued with.
Bishop Kukah advised President Buhari to attempt to work with Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), rather than prosecute him.
Speaking at the 41st Convocation Lecture of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, the cleric said the agitation for secession by pro-Biafrans is legitimate.
He said Kanu’s arrest has inadvertently increased his popularity and followership, while adding that no politician can bring out the number of people that usually troop out in protest against his detention.
“This country cannot continue this way. The Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has the right to seek Biafra since we have freedom of expression. The problem of Nigeria should not be with Kanu but with those who let the door open.
“The President of Nigeria or any governor, unless he pays, cannot bring the number of people that Kanu brought out.
“The anxiety of Nigeria should be that a young man (Kanu) who can bring out this great number of people is worth doing business with.”
The bishop called on Nigerians, especially politicians, to strip themselves of lust for power and greed for material gain, saying they do not bring happiness.
“The world can provide for the need of everybody but cannot provide for the greed of everybody.”
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