A former Nigerian minister has warned President Muhammadu Buhari that
“all hell will break loose” if the three prominent prisoners currently
being detained by the state are harmed in any way, Nigerian newspaper
Premium Times reported.
Femi Fani-Kayode, who served as minister of culture and tourism and
then minister of aviation under former president Olusegun Obasanjo,
posted messages about the detention of
Nigeria’s former national security advisor Sambo Dasuki, pro-Biafran
activist Nnamdi Kanu and Shiite cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky on his
Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Dasuki is facing trial for allegedly stealing $2 billion of
government funds earmarked for arms to be used in fighting the militant
group Boko Haram. He was re-arrested on Wednesday by the Department of
State Services (DSS, also known as the State Security Service or SSS)
despite being granted bail by three different courts, according to
Premium Times.
In October, the DSS arrested Kanu, who leads the secessionist group
Indigenous Peoples of Biafra and runs London-based Radio Biafra, on
charges including ethnic incitement and treason. Kanu was granted bail
on December 17, but Mohammed Bello Adoke, the Nigerian attorney general
and minister of justice, filed fresh charges against the activist on
December 18 and he remains in custody.
The Nigerian military detained Sheikh Zakzaky, leader of the mainly
Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), during clashes between Shiites
and soldiers in the northern city of Zaria that lasted from December
12-14, 2015. Human Rights Watch reported that at least 300 IMN members
were killed in the clashes.
Fani-Kayode, who was a member of Buhari’s All Progressive Congress
between February 2014 and June 2014 before returning to the Peoples
Democratic Party, posted the messages on Twitter on Saturday:
“Buhari is not God and we will not worship him”-Olisa Metuh. Woe to
those who worship men and who bow before Baal,the Lord of the Flies.
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