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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday said the continued attacks on security agents as well as agencies of government by the Eastern Security Network/Indigenous People of Biafra were contrary to the calls in certain quarters for a political solution to the IPOB issue.
He also wondered why those making such calls have yet to condemn the murder of serving police officers.
Condemning the recent murder of two policemen, the minister warned that “those who carried out the killings, videotaped their heinous act and circulated such will be apprehended and brought to justice.”
The minister made his position known in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja.
He said, “We have credible information that ASP Francis Idoko (AP No. 154945); Inspector Emmanuel Akubo (AP No. 222336) and Inspector Rufai Adamu (AP. No. 285009), all serving officers of the Nigeria Police, were abducted by members of the Eastern Security Network, acting on the instructions of their leader, Chinonso Okafor, aka Temple, on November 27, 2021.
“Two of the officers, Inspectors Akubo and Adamu, were killed in the
most gruesome manner and their decapitated bodies videotaped and circulated widely. The leader of the ESN team that killed the two
officers is one ‘Gentle.’
“Chinonso Okafor, the most influential commander of ESN in charge of Imo and Anambra States, as well as ‘Gentle’ and all those who
perpetrated the abhorrent act will be made to face swift and sure
justice.”
Mohammed said the targeting and killing of security agents,
under any guise, is a direct attack on the state and will not be
tolerated.
The minister paid tribute to the deceased officers as well as all security agents who are serving the nation to the best of their ability in a most difficult moment.
