The group alleged that security alerts and intelligence reports handed to President Tinubu and the DSS detailed direct contact between Buba and wanted terror figures, including claims that suspects had access to his residence and received financial patronage from him.
The Igbo Community Association in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) and President Bola Tinubu to immediately arrest and prosecute Senator Shehu Buba over alleged associations with wanted terrorists and terrorism financing.
The group, which claims to represent over 2.8 million Igbo residents in Abuja, expressed outrage over what it described as a double standard in the Nigerian justice system, drawing parallels between the allegations against Buba and the conviction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
In a press statement on Tuesday, signed by its President General, (Nze) Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe, and Secretary General, Mazi Chinwoke Emmanuel Onah, the association questioned why Buba, who represents Bauchi South and serves on the Senate Committee on Security and Intelligence, remains free despite reports linking him to high-profile terrorist suspects.
