{"id":88056,"date":"2021-11-04T19:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88056"},"modified":"2021-11-04T19:13:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:13:40","slug":"northern-elders-reject-special-treatment-trial-for-kanu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/northern-elders-reject-special-treatment-trial-for-kanu\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern elders reject special treatment, trial for Kanu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1715510535062131757\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">PAN\u2013Arewa socio-politcal group, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has rejected special treatment and trial for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The group advised the Federal Government to ensure his trial proceed in accordance with the laws of the land without any special treatment, adding that elite who want special treatment accorded to him for peace \u201care merely inviting more threats on the people.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It also charged government and security agencies not to allow IPOB truncate the Anambra State governorship election on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">NEF\u2019s spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in a statement, Thursday after a meeting with its leader, Ango Abdullahi, said the region would cooperate with other regions to produce a competent president in 2023.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Baba-Ahmed, the elders suggested the state independent electoral commissions should be scrapped and the powers to conduct local government elections transferred to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIPOB\u2019s plans to frustrate the governorship election in Anambra State this weekend must be resisted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe ongoing trial of its leader should proceed in accordance with the laws of the land, and elite from the region who demand that he is accorded special treatment in return for peace should know they are merely inviting more threats on the people they should help to protect.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe people of the North want to work with other Nigerians to produce a competent and committed Nigerian leadership that\u00a0 will restore confidence in our country\u2019s capacity to survive and rebuild itself for the next generations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe forum notes that Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress dominate the political landscape. It further notes that Nigerians will benefit from additional options, both to improve competition and to broaden the leadership selection process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe forum looks forward to the emergence and consolidation of other parties in the political environment. The continued existence of state electoral commissions which conduct elections into local governments is severely damaging the democratic process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe forum advises that the ongoing constitutional amendments should include the scrapping of these commissions and the assumption of their duties by INEC,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He lamented that Borno State has not had electricity supply for over 10 months because of the insidious activities of Boko Haram insurgents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The spokesperson said if labelling bandits as terrorists would quell the onslaught ravaging the region, the elders would support it wholeheartedly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAN\u2013Arewa socio-politcal group, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has rejected special treatment and trial for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). 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