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Igbo social-cultural organisation, Nzuko Umunna has called on the Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to adopt a new approach in handling the attacks on Imo State Prison and Police Headquarters in Owerri.
The group said that the new IGP must ignore the hasty conclusion made by the ex-IGP Mohammed Adamu, who had, without forensic investigations, accused members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its Eastern Security Network, ESN, of having perpetrated the dastardly act.
Nzuko Umunna condemned the attack, saying it received the news of the attacks with shock and sadness and strongly condemned the wanton destruction of public assets by the attackers and reported death of at least one fleeing inmate of the correctional centre.
Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader
We woke up last Monday to hear that unknown gunmen in a guerrilla style operation, had attacked the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Prison, raized scores of vehicles there, and freed detained inmates in their various facilities numbering about 1,800.
We were thrown aback, overawed, surprised, and dumb-founded at such an horrific incident. Who did it, and for what purpose?
We had hardly done with our question when, in a supersonic manner, the just sacked Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, jumped to the conclusion that those who carried out the Owerri attacks were operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the security arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Nzuko Umunna condemns Owerri attacks, calls for investigation
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By Clifford Ndujihe
A PAN-Igbo socio-cultural think tank group, Nzuko Umunna has decried the wreaking of mayhem on the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and Nigeria Custodial Centre both in Owerri, Imo State by gunmen and urged a thorough investigation of the attacks.
With members spread across Nigeria and the Diaspora, the group ”strongly condemned the wanton destruction of public assets by the attackers and reported death of at least one fleeing inmate of the correctional centre.”
In a statement by Mr. Ngozi Odumuko, co-ordinator, and Dr. Paschal Mbanefo, secretary-general, Nzuko Umunna urged ”the South-East Governors Forum, SEGF, and the State Houses of Assembly to immediately revisit the popular quest for a regional security framework towards safeguarding the citizens against bandits, kidnappers, and killer herdsmen. This has become more urgent in light of the heinous killings in Ebonyi State among o
Owerri Prison Break: Why We Believe Buhari’s Government Is Sponsoring Imo Attacks – MASSOB
The secessionist group, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its leader, Uchenna Madu, alleged that the attacks were ploys by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to discredit pro-Biafra groups.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 07, 2021
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has accused the Nigerian government of sponsoring Monday’s attacks on Imo Police Headquarters and Correctional Centre.
The secessionist group, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its leader, Uchenna Madu, alleged that the attacks were ploys by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to discredit pro-Biafra groups.