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Anambra Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Owolabi
BY SUNNY A. DAVID
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Owolabi has held an emergency meeting of all Head’s of security agencies in the State, aimed at stemming attacks such as the one which led to deaths of some individuals at Eke Agu Market square, Abatete in Idemili North local Government Area recently.
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, who spoke shortly after the security meeting, confirmed that five persons including two police officers and three civilians, died in the incident.
He noted that the security meeting was to deliberate on how to stem such attacks in the future and also to put in place strategies for protecting the entire residents of the State.
The security meeting held at the Police Headquarters, Amawbia, was attended by heads of all the security agencies in the State including, the Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Department of State Services, and Immigration.
Meanwhile, Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has denied involvement in the alleged arrest extradition of separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
The Governor who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. James Eze in a press release said there was no truth that Obiano and some other people mentioned by separatist agitators worked to deliver Kanu to the Buhari-led federal government.
Mr. Eze’s press release read in part: “Our attention has been drawn to a story in alleging that the Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano was involved in the plot to kidnap and repatriate Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) from Kenya to Nigeria.
“The general public is enjoined to disregard that story because it is totally false without the tinniest grain of truth. The governor of Anambra State had no hand in any plot against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
He stated further that the federal government didn’t need the assistance of any State Governor to arrest anyone, as it has the capability and also controlled the country’s military.
“It should be crystal clear to anyone that the Federal Government of Nigeria headed by Muhammadu Buhari as the President and Commander in Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, does not need the assistance of a governor who has no control over any security and intelligence architecture to do whatever it wants to do.
“The report is therefore a deliberate act of mischief that should be ignored by the general public,” he said.
