From Okwe Obi, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has been advised to intensify action in the disbandment of militias and armed groups unleashing mayhem in the country.
The call which was made by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), insisted that the territorial integrity of the country must not be toiled with.
CNG’s Spokesperson Abdulazeez Suleiman, in a statement yesterday, added that the President should not cave into the blackmail of some elites in the South East who are calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Sulieman claimed that the resurgence of agitations that have been ongoing since the inception of the administration of President Tinubu was aimed at discrediting the government.
He said: “We call on the Federal Government to intensify ongoing action to disband all militias and armed groups in the South East and other parts of Nigeria, by resort to the use of force if need be, to ensure that no group has the capacity to challenge the state in its prerogative to maintain law and order and protect citizens’ lives and properties.
“We call on the federal authorities to disregard the unpatriotic calls by the Igbo leaders for Kanu’s release, and to remain resolute in seeing through his prosecution along with his sponsors, backers and collaborators for the heinous crimes against the Nigerian state and innocent Nigerian citizens, so as not to set the wrong precedent of regional leaders interfering with the course of justice.”