The Digest:
A former United States mayor, Mike Arnold, has told the US Congress that Nigeria is at a crossroads, contrasting the treatment of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu with an Islamic cleric who placed a N1 million bounty on a pastor's head. Arnold pointed to the silence of Nigerian authorities after the Imam doubled the bounty to N2 million, daring the DSS to arrest him. He urged the US Congress to demand Kanu's release and offer asylum protection.
Key Points:
- Arnold described Nigeria's rising Islamic insurgency as an "Islamic conquest."
- He dismissed the "farmer-herder" narrative framing the violence.
- Kanu was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in November 2025.
- The Imam doubled his bounty to N2 million in a viral video.
- Arnold accused the Sultan of Sokoto of supporting Sharia expansion into southern states.
Sources: Daily Post Nigeria
