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PRESS STATEMENT

The attention of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has been drawn to the mischievous speculations on the social media that the planned relocation of some Boko Haram convicts to some prisons in Anambra State was done with his tacit approval and endorsement. I wish to categorically dismiss these speculations, hearsay and beer parlour banters as fundamentally untrue and should be disregarded by Nigerians.

The fact is that when Governor Obiano got wind of the planned relocation of these high risk prisoners to Anambra State, he quickly swung into action and contacted the relevant authorities to seek clarifications on the matter after which he raised several objections to the plan.

Among Governor Obiano’s many objections are -

1. That Anambra has been one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria in the past one year under his watch and that the arrival of these radical elements in any part of the state would disrupt this peace and lead to a new regime of a different kind of fear in the state.

2. That Ekwulobia Prisons is not a Maximum Security Prison. It is therefore not suitable as holding place for convicted terrorists. Global experiences show that terrorists and terror suspects are kept in strongly fortified and isolated places. A good example is the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp where the US keeps high-risk terror suspects and convicts which is a military facility, located away from the people. Ekwulobia Prisons does not fit into this category of detention facilities.

3. That Ekwulobia Prisons has a capacity to hold 85 inmates. At the moment, there are 135 inmates in the prison. Therefore, there is no space for new prisoners. The acute shortage of space presents a high possibility for the radicalization of other inmates by the Boko Haram convicts.

4. That unlike other locations where the terror-convicts are held in sparsely populated areas which makes their isolation from the people easy, Ekwulobia is a densely populated town. There is a very high risk of contact between these radical prisoners and the civilian population with an avoidable danger.

5. That the relocation of these prisoners to Anambra may not have paid adequate attention to the sensibilities of the country, especially the fact that some ethnic populations have suffered the most from the activities of these convicts across the North.

Governor Obiano’s efforts to establish this understanding and achieve a speedy and peaceful resolution of the matter went to the highest authorities. He was given assurances that the matter would be looked into with a view to resolving it with dispatch.

With these assurances he worked assiduously to ensure that there was no breakdown of law and order during the peaceful demonstration staged by traders across the state on Saturday, June 27, 2015 against the relocation of the inmates. Since the demonstration, Governor Obiano has continued to engage the relevant authorities on behalf of Ndi-Anambra to ensure an amicable resolution of the issue.

He therefore urges Ndi-Anambra and Ndigbo in general to remain calm and avoid anything that might lead to a breach of the peace as the matter is being resolved at the highest level.

Thank you !!!
James Eze
Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media
28th June, 2015


http://www.anambrareporters.com/2015/06/the-planned-relocation-of-boko-haram.html

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I knew that there were some elements of truth to that rumor.
Let me add number 6 for willie

6 since some few months back, anambra people have been engaging in jungle justice. They kill and burn fellow anambrarians just for stealing and kidnapping. What do you imagine they would do to non-anambrarian terrorists?

@lalasticlala Oga Do the needful!

Make they no try am o.

What kind of joke is this? Please if it is a joke you people should stop it.




Unless you people want me to leave this lagoon called "nigeria"

This is serious! So there was actually a plan to relocate shekau and co to the east? No funds to biuld maximun security prisons in the north? All his appointments so far are from his north but when it comes to redistributing cannibals, this unhinged president wants to domicile terrorists in the east. That is after staging a fake kidnap operation the other day at calabar just to rain bombs on very law abiding and productive villagers busy going abou their daily duties. . Is it not obvious that there seem to be a well crafted diabolical agenda to forment choas while unleashing mayhem in the east? Why bring boko haram to the east? Are there no spaces left in brotherly enclaves like Lagos, Ibadan and co? Why do they only remeberr the east when they want to share evil?

Buhari, the freestyle terrorist.

Who knows whether they are already in imo state. Okorocha wouldn't mind lodging them is his contry home at Ogboko just to prove his suffocating brand of patriotism.

I have started to believe the things being said at radio Biafra. This nnamdi KANU might be right after all. Hardcore terrorist are converted in prisons and that's how ISIS started their campaign.

smoothpapuzy:
I have started to believe the things being said at radio Biafra. This nnamdi KANU might be right after all. Hardcore terrorist are converted in prisons and that's how ISIS started their campaign.

There is no smoke without fire. For the Anambra state government to come out so openly and forcefully shows this is really serious.

This is serious !!!!


Anambra knows how they roll, they shouldn't have made noise. The terrorist would have surfaced upstream without any connection to Anambra. I am dissapointed about the fuss generated by this.

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There is no smoke without fire. For the Anambra state government to come out so openly and forcefully shows this is really serious.[/quo

If that nnamdi KANU didn't raise alarm about the bombings going on quietly in cross river, I don't think we would have heard anything about it.
The Federal govt dished out two conflicting stories about that bombing.

I think we should start to think of protecting ourselves communally.

Don't tell me the news about the relocation of bokoharam prisoners wasn't just a rumour? ?


Buhari is a big joker .. Wants to disrupt a peaceful state.. mtcheeeewww... you no see better infrastructures to build, na prisoners you want transfer. .

Where are those idiaaattss calling igbos gullible on the other thread? People like them will wait to see smoke before they believe their house is on fire, but then it will be too late.....

Rxpetite:

I knew that there were some elements of truth to that rumor.
Let me add number 6 for willie

6 since some few months back, anambra people have been engaging in jungle justice. They kill and burn fellow anambrarians just for stealing and kidnapping. What do you imagine they would do to non-anambrarian terrorists?

Nna eehhh, we don't even want to do engage them biko...

owobokiri:
Who knows whether they are already in imo state. Okorocha wouldn't mind lodging them is his contry home at Ogboko just to prove his suffocating brand of patriotism.