{"id":79662,"date":"2021-04-13T13:04:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T12:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=79662"},"modified":"2021-04-13T13:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T12:04:54","slug":"igbo-forum-asks-igp-to-rescind-order-of-his-predecessor-to-crush-ipob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/igbo-forum-asks-igp-to-rescind-order-of-his-predecessor-to-crush-ipob\/","title":{"rendered":"Igbo Forum asks IGP to rescind order of his predecessor to crush IPOB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Grassroot Pan Igbo Socio-cultural Organization, Imeobi Igbo Forum, yesterday in Onitsha, Anambra state, demanded that the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr Alkali Baba should without further delay, rescind the order of his predecessor, immediate past IGP, Mohammed Adamu, to crush members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.<\/div>\n
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\nChief Mike C. Ikegulu, the National Chairman of the forum, decribed the order as inhuman and barbaric and recalled that, \u201chours after the unfortunate attack in Owerri Imo State, the former IGP Mohamed Adamu, came to town for what was clearly an assessment tour.<\/p>\n

Ikegulu stated that the IGP took everybody by surprise, when he soon after announced the perpetrators of the act, naming IPOB\/ESN.<\/p>\n

The forum boss said that IGP preliminary investigations revealed that the attackers, who came in their numbers with weapons were members of the IPOB\/ESN.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor such a hugely sensitive matter, when everyone was tensed up, the rush to judgement was unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chief Ikegulu stressed the need for thorough investigation before conclusions to be reached as to the culprits.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering that investigation is still ongoing in the murder of scores of villagers at Egedegede in Ebonyi and Adani in Enugu States barely a week previously and\u00a0 the former IGP was still investigating. And even the attack on Governor Ortom is still under investigation.<\/p>\n

In all these, the herdsmen were seen in action and have continued to threaten. Yet investigations are\u00a0 ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the former IGP gave the order on 5th April, that the police operatives be ruthless against members of the proscribed IPOB and EESN stating that there was \u2018no hiding place\u2019 for them.\u2019<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cTo target an amorphous group like the IPOB, that is neither uniformed nor
\nhas designated barracks is bound to jeopadize the lives of youths who are not members of the group as collateral damages. They could be fell down, considering the open ended nature of the order and the tone with which it was given.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Acting IGP Baba swings into action maintaining the order, it will amount to stimatizing Imo youths for annihilation by giving the dog a bad name to hang it. The questions of who and why have not been answered when the former IGP Adamu gave the order to crush IPOB and ESN. It can be likened to Danladi Umah\u2019s \u2018Biafra boys\u2019 categorization when the man he assaulted was from the Plateau.<\/p>\n

He said that the IPOB has denied the attack adding that no less a person than Governor Hope Uzodinma has come out forcefully, calling out his political opponents as the masterminds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt may sound outlandish, but what if the Unknown Gunmen are a group of Igbo haters who want to stigmatize and position Ndigbo for more onslaught by the government or even attract a state of emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUncertainty is a very good thing: it\u2019s the begining of an investigation and should never end.\u201d Former IGP Adamu\u2019s premature conclusions are unacceptable. Rather than unleashing the onslaught, government should engage in dialogue and negotiation with the IPOB.<\/p>\n

The federal government has innitiated dialogue with world acclaimed terrorist group, the Boko Haram, handing them juicy cash, amnesty and prisoners exchange concessions. Sheik Gumi is working hard tirelessly with the bandits, even suggesting that we drop the title and resettle them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bandits are met in conference with government officials in full millitary gears, brandishing their weapons. Even the herdsmen who have owned up to a lot of atrocities were described as legitimate stakeholders in the government.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Forum boss stated that, \u201cIt will be wise to deproscribe IPOB, and bring them to the negotiation table.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe demand that Ag IGP Baba discountenance in its totality that order of his predesessor. The change in guard even whilst on tour was like
\nGod\u2019s intervention to save the lives of his people.<\/p>\n

\u201dLet us opt for a new method of approach in handling this wave of insecurity that has befallen Southeast and South South of Nigeria.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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