{"id":36341,"date":"2021-02-02T17:16:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=36341"},"modified":"2021-02-02T17:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:00:05","slug":"buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu","title":{"rendered":"Buhari has no moral right to criticize Eastern Security Network \u2013Nnamdi Kanu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he (Buhari) has no moral right to criticize the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the security outfit set up the group in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu took to his Twitter handle to blast the President and governors in the South-East for condemning the ESN, especially after its operatives invaded a Fulani settlement in Isiukwato local government area of Abia State, where they chased away the herders, burnt down their houses and slaughtered their cattle.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of tweets, Kanu wondered why the Buhari-led government that has always turned a blind eye to activities terrorists while granting them pardon and even sponsoring some of them to schools abroad, should have any issue with the outfit which has the mandate of tackling insecurity in the South-East.<\/p>\n<p>He also attacked the Nigerian Army\u2019s decision to rehabilitate and re-integrate \u201cso-called repentant Boko Haram insurgents back into the society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen your President does not prosecute TERRORISTS but pardons and gives them scholarships. When your Governors negotiate with BANDITS and pay them,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen your security agencies rehabilitate terrorists and induct them in your Army. They lose the moral right to traduce #ESN. We move!\u201d Kanu tweeted. In another tweet, Kanu wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the FULANI terrorists invading your communities are FOREIGNERS as late @MBuhari had said, then Nigeria is at war with FOREIGN elements but instead of fighting them off &amp; protecting you, the @NGRPresident is enabling them. That\u2019s TREASON against Nigerians. Open your eyes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When your President does not prosecute TERRORISTS but pardons &amp; gives them scholarships. When your Governors negotiate with &amp; BANDITS &amp; pay them. When your security agencies rehabilitate terrorists &amp; induct them in your Army.<\/p>\n<p>They lose the moral right to traduce #ESN. We move!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (@MaziNnamdiKanu) February 1, 2021<\/p>\n<p>If the FULANI terrorists invading your communities are FOREIGNERS as late @MBuhari had said, then Nigeria is at war with FOREIGN elements but instead of fighting them off &amp; protecting you, the @NGRPresident is enabling them. That\u2019s TREASON against Nigerians. Open your eyes!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (@MaziNnamdiKanu) February 1, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he (Buhari) has no moral right to criticize the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the security outfit set up the group in 2020. Kanu took to his Twitter handle to blast the President and governors in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,97,1968,87,254,625],"class_list":["post-36341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-buhari","tag-eastern-security-network","tag-muhammadu-buhari","tag-nigeria","tag-nnamdi-kanu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Buhari has no moral right to criticize Eastern Security Network \u2013Nnamdi Kanu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, saying ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buhari has no moral right to criticize Eastern Security Network \u2013Nnamdi Kanu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, saying ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-02T17:16:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-601984ef9b1c2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"418\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Buhari has no moral right to criticize Eastern Security Network \u2013Nnamdi Kanu\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-02T17:16:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-601984ef9b1c2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Buhari\",\"Eastern Security Network\",\"Muhammadu Buhari\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nnamdi Kanu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-has-no-moral-right-to-criticize-eastern-security-network-nnamdi-kanu\",\"name\":\"Buhari has no moral right to criticize Eastern Security Network \u2013Nnamdi Kanu - 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