The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has criticized northern lawmakers who backed the call for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Nigerians, including lawmakers, have started appealing to President Bola Tinubu to release Kanu after he spent several years in DSS custody.

CNG described this move as treacherous and labeled the lawmakers supporting the appeal as unpatriotic.

According to the coalition, it is unimaginable that northern lawmakers are supporting the call for Kanu’s release.

The group stated that the demand for Kanu’s release was an insult to those who died in pursuit of his secessionist ambitions and a slap in the face of Nigerians.

It is important to note that the Northern Coalition reported Nnamdi Kanu to the United Nations on August 7, 2017, accusing him of carrying out acts of terror against innocent Nigerians. CNG also advocated for declaring IPOB a terrorist organization.

“We reject this legislative rascality,” the group said in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi.

“We are shocked that House of Representatives members, including those from Northern Nigeria, are supporting the release of a terrorist being held on charges before a court of competent jurisdiction.

"This is a blatant attempt to subvert the rule of law and undermine the authority of the Nigerian judiciary.

"Where were they when Nnamdi Kanu and his people were killing and are still killing Northerners in the east? Where were they when the properties of Northerners were destroyed by him? Are they elected for their personal benefits or for the interest of the citizens?

"It is shameful and disheartening to see a Northern lawmaker contributing to such an unjust matter. This will further demoralize the security operatives seeing the killer of their loved ones celebrated in the NASS instead of apprehended.

“We are not surprised by the position of the southeastern legislators, their governors, religious and traditional leaders, being accomplices and supporters of Nnamdi Kanu’s atrocities, but we condemn in totality all Northern lawmakers who endorsed this treachery.

"We will not let the blood of our loved ones be in vain. We will not let terrorism prevail,” it stated.