N100m Bounty Placed On Nnamdi Kanu

The bounty of a 100million naira was on placed Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra,by the Northern Consensus Movement (NCM), a coalition of 75 Northern groups and that made this known during a media briefing in Abuja.

Nnamdi Kanu is being accused by the NCM of engineering the recent spate of attacks on Northern communities in the South East via what they termed as ‘hate speech’.

Speaking on behalf of the coalition, Dr. Awwal Aliyu said:

“The Northern Consensus Movement, an amalgamation of more than 75 civil society groups of Northern extraction, has taken it upon ourselves, as active citizens of this country, Nigeria, to state in unequivocal terms that, We are declaring Nnamdi Kanu wanted for crimes against humanity and for instigating the killing of innocent Northerners in the southeast via his hate speech. We want him to answer for the killing and destruction of Northerners residing and undertaking lawful businesses in the southeastern part of Nigeria. So, we are placing a bounty of N100m as an offer to anyone who can produce him alive, hale, hearty, and uninjured to us for onward delivery to the security agencies for the continuation of his prosecution.”

Kemi Filani added

“We call on both the US, the UK, and the EU, a champions of democracy, rule of law, and freedoms of speech and expression to kindly and humble respect Nigeria’s sovereignty and facilitate the repatriation of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria so that he can face his treason, and possibly a fresh terrorism and genocide charges against innocent citizens of Nigeria.”