Loss of confidence in security pushing people to self-help, says ex-IGP Okiro
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA A former Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Sir Mike Okiro, yesterday lamented that loss of confidence in the general security apparatus in the country was pushing people to think of alternative means of defending themselves.
The former IGP also advised the federal government to look into agitations and grievances of groups like the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to nip in the bud some of the problems escalating the security situation in the country.
Speaking to Vanguard in Abuja, Sir Okiro, who was former chairman of Police Service Commission, PSC, bemoaned the worsening security situation in the South East and called on the government to put every necessary measures to restore peace in the region.
Nigeria s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Channels Television £13,000 ($9,300) for airing an interview with a banned group, breaching the broadcast code.
It also suspended one of its popular shows, Politics Today, which did the interview. The commission referred to Channels 7.00 pm live broadcast programme of Sunday, 25 April 2021, in which it accused the TV station of allowing a leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra, (Ipob) to make secessionist and inciting declarations on air without caution or reprimand by the station, the Vanguard newspaper website said.
Ipob campaigns for the independence of Nigeria s south-eastern region, where the ethnic Igbo people form the majority. It is outlawed in Nigeria, which labelled it a terrorist organisation in 2017.
We Don’t Value Our Lives; We Can Invade Aso Rock If Nnamdi Kanu Orders Late IPOB Commander, Ikonso Said In 2019 Video
Ikonso explained further in the video that he pledged his allegiance to IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and if there was an order for them to invade Aso Rock in Abuja, they were ready to go without being afraid for their lives.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 27, 2021
The late commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s security outfit, Eastern Security Network, Ikonso Don, appeared in an old video, saying he and his men did not value their lives but only valued self-existence.