A senior presidential aide whose name is not disclosed has urged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) not to come back to Nigeria except he is ready to continue his trial for treason charges.
The Herald reported that Kanu who fled the country and has been in exile since September 2017, is seeking a return to the country for the funeral of his late mother.
The presidential aide who made this known this known on Friday, November 8, declared that Kanu will be deceiving himself if he thinks he can just “stroll into the country and go out after the funeral”.
According to the aide, “When a prisoner loses his mother and seeks permission to go and bury her, won’t the prisoner return to the prison after the conclusion of the burial?
“How then can a man who is standing trial and fled the country now want to return for the burial of the mother and say he will go back after the funeral? Is that logical? If he likes himself, let him come to Nigeria.”