A union of 75 Northern groups under the umbrella of the Northern Consensus Movement recently announced N100 million reward for anyone who can produce the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to be tried for alleged treason.
The announcement was made by the groups during a press briefing in Abuja.
The groups accused Kanu and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) of instigating the recent attacks on Northern communities in the South-East via “hate speech.”
The Coordinator of the Movement, Dr. Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu, urged the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union to ensure that Nnamdi Kanu is repatriated to Nigeria so he could face the charges against him.
He said: “The Northern Consensus Movement, an amalgamation of more than 75 civil society groups of Northern extraction, has declared in unequivocal terms that:
“We want him to answer for the killing and destruction of properties of Northerners residing and undertaking lawful businesses in South-East Nigeria.
“So, we are placing a bounty of N100m as an offer to anyone who can produce him alive, hale, hearty, and uninjured to us for onward delivery to the security agencies for the continuation of his prosecution.
“We call on both the US, the UK, and the EU, who are champions of democracy, rule of law, and freedom of speech and expression to kindly and humbly respect Nigeria’s sovereignty and facilitate the repatriation of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria so that he can face his treason, and possibly fresh terrorism and genocide charges against innocent citizens of Nigeria.”
