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Stop promoting, paying ransom to bandits in Southeast – Kanu tells govs, politicians

A brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Kanunta Kanu, has told political actors and governors to stop promoting banditry in the Southeast.

Kanu said governors and political actors should stop paying ransom to bandits in the region.

Kanu has via a tweet said the Southeast must be free from Fulani kidnappers.

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He has lamented that bandits have been paid millions and the Eastern Security Network, ESN, has been victimized.

Kanu said: “Eastern Region MUST be free from the hands of Fulani kidnappers.

“The governors, politicians, and elites should stop promoting banditry in SE by paying ransom to free abductees.

“You pay bandits millions, victimises #ESN & encourage the killings of #Biafrans by @HQNigerianArmy”.

Several people have been killed in the Southeast and blamed on ESN operatives.

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