{"id":34914,"date":"2024-05-31T13:06:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nnamdi-kanu-it-is-time-for-political-solution-atiku-on-killing-of-soldiers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:06:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:06:08","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-it-is-time-for-political-solution-atiku-on-killing-of-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nnamdi-kanu-it-is-time-for-political-solution-atiku-on-killing-of-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu: \u2018It is time for political solution\u2019 \u2013 Atiku on killing of soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday charged the Federal Government to explore a political solution to the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku made the call while condemning the killing of some soldiers in the Aba area of Abia State during Thursday\u2019s sit-at-home exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, Atiku lamented the impact of the sit-at-home order on the conduct of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, exam across the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>According to Atiku: \u201cThe violence that led to the killing of soldiers and civilians in Abia State on Thursday stands condemned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those who may have lost a loved one. May their souls rest in peace. But even more profound is the impact of yesterday\u2019s sit-at-home in the Southeast region of our country on students writing WAEC examinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe veil of the so-called Unknown Gun Men hiding undercover to unleash death and mayhem must be lifted to ensure that criminal elements are separated from legitimate agitators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo this end, without prejudice to the ongoing legal processes, I think the time has come to explore a political resolution to the Nnamdi Kanu and other associated issues. I believe that this will diffuse the compressor cooker situation in the region. It will be a win-win for all parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nnamdi Kanu: \u2018It is time for political solution\u2019 \u2013 Atiku on killing of soldiers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday charged the Federal Government to explore&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4243,15,1590],"tags":[1259,8,493,190,1592,2368,180,1595,285,126,1746,2885],"class_list":["post-34914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atiku","category-news","category-nnamdi-kanu","tag-it","tag-akwa-ibom","tag-atiku","tag-for","tag-kanu","tag-killing","tag-news","tag-nnamdi","tag-political","tag-soldiers","tag-solution","tag-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}