19 Northern CAN Members Call On President Tinubu To Release Tanko Barnabas From Incarceration

Yakubu Busari

A group of concerned  19 Northern Christian Association of Nigeria members has made a passionate appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to kindly consider the plight of Rev. (Warrant officer) Tanko  Bulus Barnabas, who was court-martialled by the Nigeria Air Force on account of alleged firearms, training, and absence from post of duty.

The loyalist supporters of Tinubu in the 19 states are calling on the government of the day to as a matter of urgency, look into Rev. Tanko Bulus Barnabas’s (Warrant officer) health issue and reconsider his case for a free and fair adjudication.

Spokesperson for the concerned 19 Northern Christian Association of Nigeria Pastors led by Pastor Musa Garba in a press conference held in Jos urged federal government to release Tanko Barnabas from detention at Jos correctional facility on health ground.

“You would recall that Warrant Officer Tanko Barnabas was dismissed from the service due to alleged absence from duty and was found in possession of firearms and training some youth, but the allegations were unfounded to be not true “.

They are appealing to Mr President on the health challenge presently faced by Revd. Tanko Bulus Barnabas is, to say the least, a pitiable and worrisome person not only to his family but to his friends and associates

In the statement read,” The position of the law is clear on his fundamental right being abused and denied.

” It is time those who apprehended him sit down and think deeply as to why an officer exercising his fundamental right of protecting lives and property.

 “Why must his action be twisted, but rather pinned his a noble cause to a painful and agonising one.

“Nigeria, presently headed by His Excellency Bola Ahmed, can do better by looking into the file case of those in detention and giving them a fair trial and discharging them, including our Revd. Tanko “the statement explained. 

According to Garba,”Our dear president is a compassionate man and am appealing to his kind consideration to help give urgent medical attention needed and a review of his case.

“When one is faced with a very serious health challenge, it is expected that such needs urgent medical attention”, he said.

He lamented that an unattended sick person is as good as being dead. The case of Revd. Tanko Bulus Barnabas, who has been in unlawful detention for over a year now, calls for very serious, urgent attention by the government of the day.

Pastor Musa Garba disclosed that It is most unfortunate that many Nigerians are daily being silenced on trumped-up excuses without fear and proper legal representation, and no one comes to their rescue.

 He decried the pathetic health challenge faced by Revd. Tanko Bulus Barnabas is, to say the least, an unfortunate one, and if proper attention is not given might lead to his untimely death, and we are not praying for that now. 

Garba stressed that to be honest with ourselves, this country seems to have gotten health issues in it proper perspective, but rather we play and approach it with non challant attitude.

For whatever reason(s), he might have been apprehended, and for this long is to say the least unjustified and am

Revd Tanko must not die. He is urgently in need of medical attention, and I am calling on the passionate president to help look into his case, as we are convinced his health condition is getting worse.