Rt Rev. Biereonwu Livinus Onuagha, the Bishop of Onitsha Diocese, Methodist Church Nigeria, says any Igbo person celebrating the re-arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is a “lost soul” and a “bastard”.
The cleric stated this in a Tuesday statement in which he castigated Joe Igbokwe, Special Adviser to Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainage and Water Resources and other Igbo people who celebrated Kanu’s re-arrest.
He compared them to the Biblical Sanballat and Tobias.
Onuagha noted that handcuffs on Kanu was the same as handcuffs on every Igbo person, noting that the IPOB leader is representing 99 percent of Igbos.
He said that Kanu is an asset to not only Igbo land but to entire Southern Nigeria.
“Some people are rejoicing that Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested. Others are not happy because of that. The chase after Nnamdi Kanu is a misplaced priority. To me, any Igbo person openly criticising Kanu now is a lost soul, a bastard and a naive person. No apology.
“Those Igbos rejoicing like Joe Igbokwe in Lagos are only ignorant of the handwriting on the wall. Let me refer him to the Scripture if he reads his Bible: ‘By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, and there we wept when we remembered Zion.
“Joe Igbokwe does not know or understand that handcuffs on the hand of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is handcuffs on the hands of every Igbo man. If I may ask, why is Joe Igbokwe thanking God for the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu?” Onuagba gueried.
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Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami had disclosed in a statement on June 22 that Kanu was nabbed two days prior “through the collaborative efforts of Nigerian intelligence and security services”.
The IPOB leader was dragged before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja to resume his trial after jumping bail in 2017.
The judge remanded him in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) and adjourned the matter until July 26.