Ejimakor on Friday in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) said that the rising deployment of soldiers to the South-East by the Nigerian government underscores the high-handed treatment against the Igbo in the country.
Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government over what he described as “over-deployment of soldiers to South-East.”
Ejimakor on Friday in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) said that the rising deployment of soldiers to the South-East by the Nigerian government underscores the high-handed treatment against the Igbo in the country.
According to Ejimakor, the over deployment of soldiers to the South-East is in contrast with the greater insecurity in the North, saying that former President Muhammadu Buhari took militarisation in the South-East to a new high and President Tinubu seems to have sustained it.
Ejimakor said that over-deployment of soldiers to the Southeast wouldn’t be necessary if the Nigerian government releases the IPOB leader, Kanu from detention.
The lawyer wrote, “The rising over-deployment of the Army in Southeast in contrast with the greater insecurity in the North underscores the high-handedness with which Nigeria treats Ndigbo.
“Buhari took it to a new high & Tinubu appears to have sustained it. It won’t be necessary if you #freeMNK (Mazi Nnamdi Kanu).”
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