A legal luminary, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of waging a war against the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and journalists.
Falana said in a statement released on Sunday that the government treated bandits, who are not different from Boko Haram terrorists, with kid gloves.
He accused the federal government of “deliberately refusing” to declare bandits as terrorists.
“For reasons best known to the federal government the criminal elements who are responsible for the brutal killing of innocent people and abduction of thousands of people including primary school pupils in the North West Zone are called bandits and not terrorists.
“While the federal government is waging a full-scale war against the Shiites, IPOB members and journalists, it has continued to treat the so-called bandits with kid gloves.
“It is undoubtedly clear that the criminal elements who abduct unarmed Nigerians, kill them or release them after collecting ransom in millions of naira are terrorists,” he said.
Falana stressed that the bandits who attacked police stations and attacked innocent Nigerians were terrorists and should be declared so.
“The criminal elements who attack correctional centres and release inmates therein are terrorists. The criminal elements who destroy government properties or public facilities are terrorists,” the statement added. ##
