Rivers’ State governor Nyesom Wike has urged the federal government to bring to book criminals threatening the sanity of the country.
The governor called for the arrest of bandits and insurgents in the country, pointing out that the measure used to capture Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) be applied.
On Sunday, Kanu was arrested and extradited to the country after almost four years of exile.
The leader of the proscribed group was allegedly lured to a location in an African country with a promise of cash donations in millions of dollars and then arrested.
While speaking with Arise TV on Thursday, Wike said: “Let people know that you’re not prosecuting him because he comes from a particular section of the country. You must also make provision to say all these people who have been causing security crises in Nigeria are also prosecuted.
“Let’s not make a hullabaloo about the prosecution of Nnamdi Kanu. I don’t believe in his principles. I’ve come out, and I’ve said that you cannot annex my state to be part of your own. But that doesn’t mean that you’ll not allow the law to take its cause.
“The same way that you have arrested Nnamdi Kanu should also be the same way that all others who you have known should be brought to book to face the wrath of the law. You cannot discriminate. You cannot say because Nnamdi Kanu is from a particular area, let us do this. The same principle must be applied to the bandits, Miyetti Allah and others.”
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