{"id":85331,"date":"2021-08-28T19:09:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T18:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=85331"},"modified":"2021-08-28T19:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T18:09:49","slug":"commodore-kunle-olawunmi-was-never-declared-wanted-dia-dhq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/commodore-kunle-olawunmi-was-never-declared-wanted-dia-dhq\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore Kunle Olawunmi was never declared wanted \u2014 DIA, DHQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1709360592646166099\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A senior intelligence officer with the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has said that retired Navy Commodore Kunle Olawunmi was never declared wanted for an interview he granted on alleged Islamization and Boko Haram sponsors in government.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe spokesperson of the Defence headquarters also said that Olawunmi was only invited to shed more light on information he provided on Channel television on tackling terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>PRNigeria quoting a senior DIA officer said since the television interview, some senior retired and serving military officers have raised concern over the comment of Olawunmi.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe DIA had no intention was so ever to invite him until when other retired senior and serving officers, especially of the intelligence corps advised that he could assist the security service with vital information for counter-terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe invitation was not even formal. It was a phone call by an officer that he knows. We have no reason whatsoever to declare him wanted when he knows how the system operates.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSimilarly, the Director Defence Information (DDI), Major General Benjamin Sawyerr confirmed that the informal invitation was harmless.<\/p>\n<p>Sawyerr said: \u201cAs a result of the information coming from intelligence circle, an officer in DIA invited retired Commodore Olawunmi to come over so that he can help with information that can assist in the fight against insurgency and terrorism. The DIA officer asked him to come on Tuesday so that he can even meet with the Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Major General Samuel Adebayo. That was all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no letter or any formal invitation. It was an informal phone call. He just switched off his phone and started calling some media houses that he had been declared wanted.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cYou are aware that the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has been going on tours of geopolitical zones to meet with retired military officers to come up with information and ideas on how to tackle the myriad of security challenges in the country<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we can not blame Commodore Olawunmi for not attending the South-west zone of the interactive sessions with the retired officer, he went on air in the public domain through a television channel with what he himself portrayed as sensitive classified information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the military wanted to arrest somebody, it is the military police that do that. They wont even send any signal before one could be picked up\u2026. He could have been arrested the day or days after he made the broadcast since the system have what it takes to arrest anyone on its radar. He was not declared wanted and there isn\u2019t any reason for his arrest as it is now,\u201d General Swayer concluded.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior intelligence officer with the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has said that retired Navy Commodore Kunle Olawunmi was never declared wanted for an interview he granted on alleged Islamization&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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