Why Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, Zamfara Governor, Dauda Lawal Should Be Arrested—CMYN

<h4>Why Minister of Defence<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Concerned Muslim Youths in Nigeria &lpar;CMYN&rpar;&comma; supporters of Bashir Hadejia&comma; have called for the arrest of Minister of Defence Abubakar Badaru and Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal over their alleged links to the suspected criminal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group condemned the arrest of Hadejia by the Force Intelligence Department-Intelligence Response Team &lpar;FID-IRT&rpar; over alleged treason and subversion against the state&comma; describing it as a clear case of victimization and selective justice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement signed by Alhaji Alhassan Yahaya&comma; the youths demanded to know why Bashir Hadejia was being held in custody while those who instigated and funded him&comma; including Badaru and Lawal&comma; were still walking free&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are compelled to speak out against the unjust treatment of our brother&period; Bashir&&num;8217&semi;s arrest is a clear case of victimization and selective justice&comma;” Yahaya said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He was arrested for his involvement in a protest and alleged terrorism but we ask&colon; what about those who instigated and funded him&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We believe that there must be no sacred cow&period; You can&&num;8217&semi;t treat Bashir Hadeija like leaders of proscribed groups such as Ibraheem El-Zakzaky&comma; Nnamdi Kanu&comma; and leave other accomplices out because of their status&period; Everyone connected to this case must be treated equally and without bias&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We demand justice for Bashir Hadejia and call for the arrest of all high-profile individuals connected to this case&period; Enough of selective justice&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They also criticised Governor Lawal for denying his involvement with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Bashir Hadejia<&sol;a> despite glaring evidence&comma; describing it as a clear indication of his cowardice and lack of integrity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yahaya added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Governor Lawal&&num;8217&semi;s denial of Bashir Hadejia is a clear indication of his cowardice and lack of integrity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He has always been known to abandon his allies when it suits him&period; We demand that Governor Lawal comes clean and tells the truth about his involvement with Bashir Hadejia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Minister of Defence Abubakar Badaru has also been dragged into this saga&period; We demand to know why Bashir Hadeija will be held in custody while Badaru and Dauda Lawal&comma; who engaged him for all these&comma; will be free men&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Why did Badaru visit Bashir two days before the protest to give him &dollar;20&comma;000 and other undisclosed sums&comma; yet he continues to sit as a federal minister whilst Bashir is being treated like El-Zakzakky and Nnamdi Kanu&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We warn the Federal Government to learn to treat everyone equally&period; No one is above the law&period; If Bashir Hadejia can be treated like El-Zakzaky and Nnamdi Kanu&comma; then everyone connected to this case must face the same treatment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We demand justice for Bashir Hadejia and call for the arrest of all high-profile individuals connected to this case&period; Enough of selective justice&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;