OPC reveals why it’s dangerous for Ex-Chief of Army Staff to compare group with Boko Haram
- The OPC has broken its silence concerning Abdulrahman Dambazau's comment about the organisation
- The group on Wednesday, April 14, said it was not proper for Dambazau to equate the group with insurgents
- In a statement by its president, Wasiu Afolabi, OPC described Dambazau's comment as prejudiced and false
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The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has opened up on why it’s dangerous for former minister of interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau to compare the group to Boko Haram insurgents, The Cable reports.
The Frederick Fasehun-led faction of the Yoruba nationalist organisation on Wednesday, April 14, said Dambazau's comparison was prejudiced and false.
The former minister had said there are similarities between the OPC, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Boko Haram.
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Dambazau, who is a retired army general and a past chief of army staff, described the OPC and the IPOB as extremist groups.
Wasiu Afolabi, OPC president said the group disagrees with the blackmail attempt and negative profiling
According to Afolabi, the Yoruba group has never been, and will never be a terrorist organisation, Vanguard reports.
He went on to note that the organisation has never been on the global radar of terrorism like Boko Haram because they haven'r been remotely connected with terrorism.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a retired Assistant Inspector of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, said secession group, the IPOB is stockpiling weapons by attacking and looting security formations.
Aisabor said that the group aims to achieve the Biafra Republic by engaging in war with the Nigerian government.
The former police officer said the failure of intelligence on the part of the security agencies has enabled the group to carry out attacks unchecked.
In another report, presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, has argued that there will never be a Republic of Biafra again.
The senior special assistant on social media to the president in a tweet on Monday, April 5, said the Republic of Biafra died the day secessionist forces surrendered to the then head of state, Yakubu Gowon.
Source: Legit.ng
