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AFNews Reporter

Jun 24, 2022

Buhari Reacts To Calls For The Bail Of IPOB, Leader Nnamdi Kanu
President Muhammadu Buhari has declined the call for the bail of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) .

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Buhari insisted that the IPOB leader should "justify all the uncomplimentary things he had been saying against Nigeria in BritainÔÇØ.

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"He felt very safe in Britain and said awful things against Nigeria. We eventually got him when he stepped out of the United Kingdom, and we sent him to court,ÔÇØ Buhari said during a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the margins of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda.

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"Let him defend all that he has said there. His lawyers have access to him. Remember he jumped bail before, how are we sure he won't do it again if he's admitted to bail?ÔÇØ

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According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, Buhari also ruled out seeking a third term in office, claiming the person who attempted it did not end well in what many believe is a subtle reference to former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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"Another term for me? No!ÔÇØ he maintained. "The first person who tried it didn't end very well.ÔÇØ

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Aside from this, Johnson and Buhari also discussed issues which bordered on security in Nigeria in which the president linked the incessant crime being witnessed in Nigeria to the crisis being experienced in Libya.

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Buhari said the keenness of the PM to help Nigeria tackle insecurity is a good step but reiterated that since the fall of Muammar Gadaffi after 42 years in power, armed guards have been unleashed on countries in the Sahel.

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These people, he said "are causing havoc everywhere, as the only thing they know how to do is to shoot gunsÔÇØ.

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He, however, said the country is making progress in the fight against Boko Haram and other groups, and described them as cowards and unserious people who go about killing innocent people.

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