dismissed former Commissioner of Police in charge
Counter-Terrorism Operations at Zone 7, Abuja, CP
Zakari Biu, by the Police Service Commission (PSC),
the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed outrage over
the new twist to the CP's dismissal.
Kabiru Sokoto, Zakari Biu and Boko
Haram explosion site Following last Friday's exoneration of dismissed former Commissioner of Police in charge
Counter-Terrorism Operations at Zone 7, Abuja, CP
Zakari Biu, by the Police Service Commission (PSC),
the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed outrage over
the new twist to the CP's dismissal.
The PSC commuted Biu's dismissal, by reinstating
and statutorily retiring him from the Force, nearly
three years after he was found guilty of aiding Boko
Haram mastermind, Kabiru Sokoto to escape from
detention, along Abaji road, in Abuja.
It could be re-called that Bui went on military trial in
2012, following which he was found guilty and
dismissed from the Force.
Also recall that the CP appealed against his dismissal,
blaming the escape of the Boko Haram suspect on
other extraneous factors other than those attributed
to him, resulting in the PSC exonerating him and
retiring him statutorily.
However, reacting to the development, the Ohanaeze
Youth Council said it was now clear that the current
administration was pursuing a Northern agenda,
describing the twist as a major setback in the war
against Boko Haram.
The group said the latest event had shown that the
government indeed belonged to the North and not to
everybody.
The OYC President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a
statement on Saturday, said the decision of the PSC
was against all known norms and true justice.
He wondered why the life of the 44 worshipers who
died owing to the bomb blast masterminded by
Sokoto at the St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla,
Abuja, was now less important to the new
administration.
He said, "the recent happenings in Nigeria are leaving
us with no doubt than to believe that the government
is pursuing a Northern agenda. It shows that this
government is not for everybody but for the North,
otherwise.
"Before now, we were shouting over lopsided
appointments, where the South-East was deliberately
ignored, but the worst has come by the way of
rewarding a man who aided Kabiru Sokoto after he
snuffed life out of over 44 Igbo indigenes and left
over 70 others critically injured.
"Our questions are these- what effort has the present
administration made to know the situation of the
victims of that bomb blast? What effort has the
government made to know that condition of the
bereaved families, considering that most of them are
bread winners?
"It is obvious from the above that Mr. President cares
less about Ndigbo in this country; we are saying that
the current administration is dragging this country to
ethnic lines and it will not pay the nation any good.
"Our stand is that whoever authorized this anti-
people decision, whoever okayed the reinstatement
of Biu is promoting ethnic interest against national
interest.
"We call on Mr. President should rise up to the
occasion and show that indeed he belongs to
everybody and not to the North by prevailing on the
PSC to reverse that decision."
Isiguzoro expressed fears that the PSC's decision
would now embolden the Boko Haram terrorists to
further unleash terror on the innocent Nigerian
citizens.
He stressed that "our fear is that if this is allowed to
stand, it might embolden Boko Haram members and
affect the progress made so far in the war against
terrorism. It will may send a bad signal to the Boko
Haram members and as such they could become
more daring in their approach."
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