Afara ukwu Umuahia is agog now as IPOB meet kanu in his home town.

watch:[video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEvsat3MclE[/video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEvsat3MclE


197 buses full of IPOB members heading to Kanu's compound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmYmhJBuK4Y


Source: Biafrasay Forum
http://biafrasay.com/p/326322/live-update-ipob-visits-nnamdi-kanu-crowd-uncontrollable-vid

YES HE KNOWS.
but meanwhile, Meet other biafrans in this forum
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When Kanu was 'ranting' on radio Biafra,you called it a foolish idea.

He started insulting everyone including Igbos . you called him a fool and an illiterate and a fraudster.

He used that to get your attention and 'intelligent' you still called him an idiot.

He started visiting counties in preparation for his visit to Nigeria .you said he doesn't know anything.he is not intelligent.

He announced that he would visit Nigeria and be kidnapped. You reminded him of how other freedom fighters were murdered and nothing happened.you called him mumu who lacks strategy and wisdom.

He came back and was arrested .you celebrated it and said he will die in prison.you Chanted "I said so".

While in prison he roared like a lion he is,called the president a mad man and boasted that he can't be jailed.you said it is a wrong strategy. That he should have shut up like Mandela did whereas your intelligence did not let you know that Mandela was dealing with human beings whereas KANU was dealing with animals.

When he left the prison ,you got angry and frustrated. You even advised him to lie low.unfortunately, he didn't listen to your advice like he has always ignored others from you.

When he started welcoming visitors ,you became more frustrated and started analysing how he has gone against his bail conditions and even called on govt to lock him up again.lol
You own is only to analyze. no action and no nothing. Spending energy and time on a man who is busy living his dream and has been succeeding.

When he asked the Igbo's to stay at home ,you laughed at him and said no e will listen to a fraudster.

When the sit at home was successful ,you became frustrated and started attacking the Igbos. Lol.

Now that he has asked for a date for referendum or there won't be any election ,you are all over the place calling it another wrong move. You that is full of wisdom have never said anything about the referendum part but has dwelt on the election part.

All I am saying to you is ; CONTINUE.
who your wisdom don help?

We shall overcome.

http://biafrasay.com/p/326161/nnamdi-kanu-and-his-afonja-analyzers-full-version

989900:


Maybe you should watch his video when he came to the US then soliciting for funds for arms to actualise secession.

Then juxtapose this (rather moderate one) with that one and other childish, crude, hate-filled-caveman utterances in the past, then tell me he is not suffering from MPD.

When Kanu was 'ranting' on radio Biafra,you called it a foolish idea.

He started insulting everyone including Igbos . you called him a fool and an illiterate and a fraudster.

He used that to get your attention and 'intelligent' you still called him an idiot.

He started visiting counties in preparation for his visit to Nigeria .you said he doesn't know anything.he is not intelligent.

He announced that he would visit Nigeria and be kidnapped. You reminded him of how other freedom fighters were murdered and nothing happened.you called him mumu who lacks strategy and wisdom.

He came back and was arrested .you celebrated it and said he will die in prison.you Chanted "I said so".

While in prison he roared like a lion he is,called the president a mad man and boasted that he can't be jailed.you said it is a wrong strategy. That he should have shut up like Mandela did whereas your intelligence did not let you know that Mandela was dealing with human beings whereas KANU was dealing with animals.

When he left the prison ,you got angry and frustrated. You even advised him to lie low.unfortunately, he didn't listen to your advice like he has always ignored others from you.

When he started welcoming visitors ,you became more frustrated and started analysing how he has gone against his bail conditions and even called on govt to lock him up again.lol
You own is only to analyze. no action and no nothing. Spending energy and time on a man who is busy living his dream and has been succeeding.

When he asked the Igbo's to stay at home ,you laughed at him and said no e will listen to a fraudster.

When the sit at home was successful ,you became frustrated and started attacking the Igbos. Lol.

Now that he has asked for a date for referendum or there won't be any election ,you are all over the place calling it another wrong move. You that is full of wisdom have never said anything about the referendum part but has dwelt on the election part.

All I am saying to you is ; CONTINUE.
who your wisdom don help?

We shall overcome.


http://biafrasay.com/p/326161/nnamdi-kanu-and-his-afonja-analyzers-full-version

When Kanu was 'ranting' on radio Biafra,you called it a foolish idea.

He started insulting everyone including Igbos . you called him a fool and an illiterate and a fraudster.

He used that to get your attention and 'intelligent' you still called him an idiot.

He started visiting counties in preparation for his visit to Nigeria .you said he doesn't know anything.he is not intelligent.

He announced that he would visit Nigeria and be kidnapped. You reminded him of how other freedom fighters were murdered and nothing happened.you called him mumu who lacks strategy and wisdom.

He came back and was arrested .you celebrated it and said he will die in prison.you Chanted "I said so".

While in prison he roared like a lion he is,called the president a mad man and boasted that he can't be jailed.you said it is a wrong strategy. That he should have shut up like Mandela did whereas your intelligence did not let you know that Mandela was dealing with human beings whereas KANU was dealing with animals.

When he left the prison ,you got angry and frustrated. You even advised him to lie low.unfortunately, he didn't listen to your advice like he has always ignored others from you.

When he started welcoming visitors ,you became more frustrated and started analysing how he has gone against his bail conditions and even called on govt to lock him up again.lol
You own is only to analyze. no action and no nothing. Spending energy and time on a man who is busy living his dream and has been succeeding.

When he asked the Igbo's to stay at home ,you laughed at him and said no e will listen to a fraudster.

When the sit at home was successful ,you became frustrated and started attacking the Igbos. Lol.

Now that he has asked for a date for referendum or there won't be any election ,you are all over the place calling it another wrong move. You that is full of wisdom have never said anything about the referendum part but has dwelt on the election part.

All I am saying to you is ; CONTINUE.
who your wisdom don help?

We shall overcome.


Source: BiafraSay Forum
http://biafrasay.com/p/326161/nnamdi-kanu-and-his-afonja-analyzers-full-version

The Arewa Youth Forum, AYF, the Umbrella Organization of Youths in the north has expressed its dismay over the threat to peace, unity and development of the country with calls by Nnamdi Kanu on his people to boycott Anambra State governorship and 2019 general elections.

Recently, AYF called for caution when some Northern Youths gave Igbos residing in the north ultimatum to vacate the region before October.


A statement signed by AYF National President, Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu said, “This is because we believe in the oneness of Nigeria and the strength the country is getting and can still get from its diversity as a strong entity in the African continent and the world at large.

“However, truth be told, the Northern Youths were provoked by the unnecessary and persistent calls for disintegration by the Indegenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) and MASSOB.

“In the same vein Nnamdi Kanu has started calling on his people to boycott the November Governorship election in Anambra and the 2019 elections in the whole of the South East.


“To our consternation, this is happening when the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is meeting with stakeholders across the country to strengthen the bond that binds us together as one a laudable effort.
“It is unfortunate that the Federal Government and even leaders of thought and politicians especially those of Igbo extraction has not deem it necessary to condemn him or call him to order.

“We are also amused while the call for the arrest of Northern Youths is still on, nobody is saying anything about the provocation of Nnamdi Kanu.

“To add salt to injury, this is someone that has severally and serially violated his bail conditions with reckless abandon and he is working free.


“As stakeholders in the Nigerian project, it is our responsibility as the umbrella Organization of Youths in the north to rein in our members and advocate peaceful coexistence as a panacea for enduring peace and development of all.

“A situation where those from other regions and the Federal government is not seen to be up and doing leaves much to be desired.

“It is because of this that we are immediately calling on the Federal Government to bring Nnamdi Kanu to book, because his call to disrupt the polls in the region is a threat to peace in the country. The court should also order for his re-arrest as he has serially violated his bail conditions.

“AYF is also calling on leaders from the South East to immediately call Nnamdi Kanu to order just as Patriotic Northern elders did when Igbos were given ultimatum in the north.

“A situation where the leaders from the zone are seen to be indirectly given Nnamdi Kanu support will further divide the country and alienate the South East from others in Nigeria,” said the statement.

Source: Biafrasay Forum
http://biafrasay.com/p/326159/ayf-to-igbo-leaders-call-nnamdi-kanu-to-order

feelgoodInc:

you have nothing to say but let me add some salt to your wounds, uthman burnt the Quran so as to allow his own stand, why burn the others? he even rejected Abdullah ibn mausid version of the koran that Muhammed said was the best reciter, my question is why was ibn mausid asked to give up his .
mushaf

hey dude you are blabbing, it is either you join http://biafrasay.com or you leave it. all i know for sure it more b!afran than here.
so stop blabbling and research

feelgoodInc:

created by whom, I'm not falling for that lies.
you cut Biafra out of nairaland, you don't move out to create biafra

find out. internet is there for your research

feelgoodInc:

fuvk you and your biafrasay, this is another Yafonja creation to divert the biafran agitation.

Hey , That is b!afran forum where biafrans are uniting to counter the media lies of nigeria, Check it out. it is our own
http://biafrasay.com

Femi Fani-Kayode:

A man called Nnamdi Kanu and his movement called the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) single-handedly brings the whole of the south-east of our country to a standstill with his one day "stay at home order" and someone in the Presidency says they don't consider him to be a leader of thought? Clearly the Villa curse has set in.

Delusion is a terrible affliction and treating those that have won the hearts and minds of millions of Igbo youth in our country with contempt and disdain will prove to be a costly mistake for the Buhari administration.
This is all the more so because those that are expressing their desire and agitating for Biafra have broken no law. They have not killed or threatened to kill anyone, they are not waging war on the Nigerian state, they are not involved in any form of rebellion and they are not undertaking an armed struggle.
They are simply exercising their inalienable and undeniable constitutional right of free speech, freedom of association and self-determination and they are doing so in a peaceful and passive manner.
These rights are not only sacred but they are also guaranteed and protected by international law and custom. Consequently the threat, by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, to send those that exercise those rights to jail is not only an exercise in futility but also provocative and unacceptable.

The truth is that their grievances and aspirations are legitimate and lawful and so are the grievances and aspirations of all other self-determination groups in the country such as those in the south-west that believe in the establishment of the Republic of Oduduwa.
I strongly advise the Acting President to manage this matter very carefully and to stop trying to please or cow-tow to the cabal that have encircled him.
Osinbajo ought to know that even if he jails and kills every Biafran in the country others will rise up and carry on the fight. He cannot succesfully intimidate or threaten a growing movement and philosophy with words and threats. Matters have gone far beyond that now.
He cannot keep Nigeria together with violence or threats of violence. He can only keep her together by the constant expression of love and the regular repetition of regrets for past actions and injustices.

The operators of the Nigerian state cannot strip a man bare, take everything away from him, including his dignity, brutalise him morning, day and night and still expect him to keep quiet.
Whether anyone likes to admit it or not the truth is that Biafra is a reality. It is a spirit that has captured the hearts and minds of millions of young Igbo people: it burns in their souls and has ignited their passions.
It is an idea and concept that has also kindled the imagination and dreams of millions of southerners and Middle Belters who have come to appreciate the fact that there is a credible alternative to the nebulous and unjust status quo and the shattered dreams, cruelty and bondage that the Nigerian state continuosly throws up and offers.
Those in power today must live with this new reality and pray hard that these young men and women have a change of heart. Other than that they cannot stop Biafra and, when the time comes, neither will they be in a position to stop Oduduwa.

Finally this point has to be made. It is a mistake to equate the lawful and legitimate aspiration and agitation for Biafra with the unlawful and illegitimate quit notice and threat given to the Igbo people to leave the north by the Arewa youths.
The former is the peaceful exercise of ones God-given and constitutionally-guaranteed freewill to determine ones own fate, future and destiny whilst the latter is the unlawful and violent imposition of the will of one people against another through the use of violence and threats.
The former is a righteous, wholesome and noble quest whilst the latter is nothing but wickedness, tyranny and witchcraft.
Simply put the brazen threat and quit notice given to the Igbos in the north by the Arewa Youths is manifestly unlawful, immoral, dangerous and irresponsible whilst the expression for the establishment and creation of the sovereign State of Biafra is not only lawful but also legitimate and desirable for those who believe in it.
The two cannot be comapared and neither can it be logically argued or inferred that one led to the other.

Permit me to conclude this contribution with an aside.
I have the greatest respect for Pastor Tunde Bakare and he knows how much I love him. However he is in grave error when he compares Buhari to King David as has been reported.
David was an annointed servant of the Living God and a member of the Kingdom of light.
Buhari is an annointed servant of the devil and, like Pharaoh and Herod, he is a member of the Kingdom of Darkness.
Bakare is also wrong when he says that Buhari is "on the path to recovery" and that he will return to lead the nation. This is false.
Buhari has been rejected by the Lord and he is suffering the judgement of God for his injustice and wickedness to others.
He is not on the road to recovery, I fear that he is in a vegetative state if not already dead and he will not be coming back to lead the nation. Sadly that is the position and the sooner we learn to accept that fact the better it is for us all.
As fawning and weak as Osinbajo is, as a Southerner and a believer, he needs our support and encouragement and not subtle condemnations and discouraging words from his fellow Pastors.


http://biafrasay.com/p/325946/whether-anyone-likes-to-admit-it-or-not-the-truth-is-that-bi

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I will destroy Nigeria with truth
- Nnamdi Kanu 2015

I will kill Buhari with my voice
- Nnamdi KANU 2015

B!afra is nearer under Buhari
- Nnamdi KANU 2015

Anybody that says B!afra will not come will die - Nnamdi KANU 2017

Cc Osibanjo, ipobexposed, etc

Which will not make a difference in your life

By maybe you are dragging for front page

So you decided to be reasonable today

Access Bank has now taken over the management of telecommunication company, Etisalat Nigeria.

Besides Access Bank, other local and foreign banks are said to be part of the takeover of the telecommunication company which takes effect from June 15.


The take-over came as a result of a futile effort by Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services, EMTS, promoted by-one time Chairman, United Bank for Africa, UBA, Hakeem Bello-Osagie, to reach agreement with the banks on debt restructuring plan in the protracted $1.72 billion (about N541.8 billion) debt impasse.

However, EMTS Holding BV, established in the Netherlands, has up to June 23 to complete the transfer of 100 percent of the company’s shares in Etisalat to the United Capital Trustees Limited, the legal representative of the consortium of banks.

Etisalat Group, the parent company of Etisalat Nigeria, announced the takeover on Tuesday in a letter filed to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate.


A letter dated June 2017, with No. Ho/GCFO/152/85 signed by Etisalat Group Chief Financial Officer, Serkan Okandan, noted that efforts by EMTS to restructure the repayment of the syndicated loan by a consortium of banks to Etisalat Nigeria collapsed.

It added, “Further to our announcement dated 12 February, 2017, Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC, ‘Etisalat Group’[ would like to inform you that Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited ‘EMTS’ (‘the company), established in Nigeria and an associate of Etisalat Group with effective ownership of 45% and 25% ordinary and preference shares respectively, defaulted on a facility agreement with a syndicate of Nigerian banks (‘EMTS Lenders’).

“Subsequently, discussions between EMTS and the EMTS Lenders did not produce an agreement on a debt restructuring plan.


“Accordingly, the Company received a default and security Enforcement Notice on 9 June 2017 requesting EMTS Holding BV (EMTS BV) established in the Netherlands, and through which Etisalat Group holds its interest in the company) requiring EMTS BV to transfer 100% of its shares in the company to the United Capital Trustees Limited (the Security Trustee”) of the EMTS Lenders by 15 June 2017.

“Subsequently the EMTS Lenders extened the deadline for the share transfer to 5.00 pm Lagos time on 23 June 2017,” the filing said.

The Telecommunication company has been under pressure since 2016, following the demand notice for the recovery of a $1.72 billion (about N541.8 billion) loan facility it obtained from a consortium of banks in 2015.

The loan, which involved a foreign-backed guaranty bond, was for the mobile telephone operator to finance a major network rehabilitation and expansion of its operational base in Nigeria.

Unable to meet its debt servicing obligations agreed since 2016, the consortium, prodded by their foreign partners, threatened to take over the company and its assets across the country.

But, the intervention of the telecom sector regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and its financial sector counterpart, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, succeeded in persuading the banks to rethink their threat and give Etisalat a chance to renegotiate the loan’s repayment schedule.


http://biafrasay.com/p/325887/breaking-etisalat-nigeria-taken-over-by-access-bank-others

We have just received information that the 2017 JAMB Change of Course/Institution Process has begun.

According to the reports we received, this process can only be done at the accredited CBT Centres.

Before you head out to check if this process has started at an accredited CBT Centre around you, please ensure the following;

- That you know exactly the Changes of Course/Institution you would like to make changes to.

- Please ensure you do your research to ensure that the school you are changing to does not usually cut-off higher than your score.

- That you can change one or all your courses/institutions at the same time.

- That once the form is submitted, you can no longer make any changes again (or else the system has changed)

- That you select a Course/Institution that aligns with your subject combination. If you don't do this, your school will screen you out. Please use the Online JAMB Brochure to verify.

- There may be a limited number of schools or courses you can change to, so be sure to have 3 or 4 options, just in case the one you want to change to is not available.

- You could be charged about N2,500 to effect this change.

- Please use the Online JAMB Brochure to ensure the course you are choosing is done in your choice institution.

If you are going for this service, please use the comment section to let us know how the process is going on at your centre.



http://myschoolforum.com/p/319871/2017-jamb-change-of-course-institution-has-started

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…Says Anambra was war theatre in 2015 election

From Magnus Eze, Abuja

The Assistant Inspector General of Police in-charge of Zone 9, Umuahia, Hassan Karma, was until recently the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State. In this interview, he speaks on Biafra agitation, kidnapping, armed robbery and general security situation in the zone as well as his experience while serving in Anambra.

What are your strategies for policing the zone?
My strategies are in tandem with what is already laid down as roadmap by the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris. He is a well experienced officer who has worked operationally locally and internationally. As a trainer, operation officer and one who has practicalised what he taught at the training school, it means the IGP has seen all. Aside adopting the strategies of his predecessor, one novel thing he has done is creating the Eminent People’s Forum (EMF) because he sees security as everybody’s business. I charge the Commissioners of Police in the Zone to leverage on the Eminent People’s Forum in addressing security issues in their states. The forum is an upgraded form of community policing whereby well-respected members of the society are involved in the security of their states.
Our mandate here is to give the IGP all the support to succeed in realising his policies and by extension actualise Mr. President’s change mantra; change in protecting lives and property. And I’m sure the IGP is doing well, no wonder he was confirmed even before the expiration of the time.

Agreed that you are new at the Zone, but what has your experience been these few weeks?
I am new on this appointment, but I’m not new in the geo-political zone. I was Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, believed to be one of the heart beats of the South East. And during the period too, we used to come for meetings at the zone and also compared notes. We are improving on the strategies which we adopted in Anambra that made it one of the safest in the country, from one of the worst states in terms of security.

The greatest challenge in the zone security wise is kidnapping and armed robbery; how are you working with the state commands in deploying strategies?
As I said earlier, Anambra State used to be the headquarters of violent crimes like kidnapping, armed robbery, murder; to the extent that as blessed and popular as Anambra is with many prominent people who are captains of industries, industrialists, senior government functionaries, very high profile politicians, name it, they found it very difficult to come home; abandoning their palatial homes. In fact, many of their Igwes (traditional rulers) relocated to Abuja and other parts of the world and were ruling from overseas.
But with the coming of some recent governors in the state, particularly Chief Willie Obiano because I didn’t meet Peter Obi while he was governor; I worked with Governor Obiano and discovered that he is a governor that knows his onions. The primary objective of being a governor is protection of lives and property of the people; any other thing is secondary. If people’s lives are not protected; who are the people that will go to the hospitals or use the bridges and schools? And even when they go to school, how are you guaranteeing their safety in the school? But that doesn’t mean that other infrastructure are not important; but what I am saying is that Chief Obiano knows the importance of protection of lives and property and he came in with a security vision he called ‘Operation Kpochapu’ (Clean up). This comprised joint team of military, police, DSS, National Security and Civil Defence Corps and other security agencies within the state. He charged the joint team to make sure that Anambra was cleared of violent crimes and made the safest state. My predecessor, retired AIG Usman Gwari who was the Commissioner of Police in the state took up that challenge very seriously and laid a solid foundation. So, when I came in, I keyed in and took it to the highest level. It was such that The Sun Newspapers awarded him The Sun Governor of the year 2015 and not long after, he was honoured with the Zik award for Good Governance, all because of what he did in protecting lives and property.
One other thing he did was to build oneness among the security agencies; because there was unity of purpose; so in Anambra, you could hardly notice the difference between military and Civil Defence or Police and DSS; all was working towards making the state crime free. Armed robbery was stamped out; kidnapping was stamped out. Throughout my period there, one year and 10 months, we never recorded any high profile kidnap case and some local ones that attempted it; those who lived would testify but others didn’t have the opportunity because of the exchange of fire that ensued.

One big challenge in the state was the threat of a deadly cult group in Nanka that committed all manner of atrocities; how were you able to handle it?
The Nanka issue to me was actually a small case. Before that incident, I didn’t know of Nanka, it was just a village. The first time I heard of the place was when they were issues about having an ofala when their paramount ruler who had ruled the place peacefully effectively passed on; because you know a good leader is when you don’t get complaints from his domain. Certain persons said the Ofala would not go on; but majority of the people wanted a befitting burial for the Igwe with the Ofala. I am not from the place, I don’t know their tradition, but mine is for there to be safety of lives and property. I referred the two groups to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. Eventually, the state government said the Ofala should hold; and it held peacefully, there was no breakdown of law and order. We provided adequate security.
I thought all the crises had been laid to rest. But shortly after that, there were some petitions to the then Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase (rtd), endorsed to the Force CID, which led to a team from the Federal Special Anti-Robbery to go there for arrest. They went there and arrested some suspects, but unknown to us by this time, one group among the factions had groomed some thugs in the village that had assumed themselves above the law. So, when the suspect was arrested, the hoodlums came out and barricaded the place; held the detectives hostage, they seized their case file and handcuff. That was unlawful; illegal.
After that, the DPO Ajali who superintends the community on hearing that the suspect wanted by the Force CID was out, mobilised four patrol vans and went and arrested him. These same hoodlums emerged again and barricaded entrance to the village; held the DPO hostage, threatened the other police men and they ran for their dear lives. In fact, the DPO was captured; they gave him a beating of his life, one part of his ear was cut off and they warned him never to enter the community again, that Nanka community was above the police. We were in a meeting with the governor that day; so the Area Commander Nnewi, who supervises the place and the OC Mopol had to lead a Mopol Unit to go and rescue the DPO.
The same period, certain group, including the Onowu, whom I learnt is aspiring for the Igwe stool said that a scheduled town union meeting would not hold. I also referred the two groups to the state Government, who after going through the case said adequate security must be provided for the meeting to go on. All these, coupled with what they had done to the DPO and the team from the Force CID, the governor was very annoyed and said that if this was allowed it would set a very bad precedence where a community can wake up one day and say even the governor can’t enter their place. It got to a point that prominent sons and daughters of Nanka could not return to the town again, like one Commodore; equivalent of a General, from the town who had just retired, he wanted to go and construct his house and they said he must pay N400,000 to those hooligans. Everybody, market women, artisans; Okada riders, they extorted money; they became law unto themselves. The governor wanted the military to invade the town, but I said no, that it wasn’t above civil administration.
The community was sharply divided; I invited them, met with the Onowu, the late Igwe’s family members and the town union; eventually that meeting took place under tight security. I tried further to reach the youths; I told whoever is behind them to go and dismantle the illegal association, called Nanka youth or Uto Nanka. What they did was that they went and brought cultists from Obosi; you know Obosi had been very notorious; so when the heat became too much for them in Obosi, they relocated to Nanka. The group was led by one cripple and in fact, we pitied him because of his disability; but he didn’t pity himself.
So, when the group had assaulted and humiliated the DPO, they circulated the video and pictures of the poor officer with his blood-soaked uniform having torn one of his ears, on the internet; the whole thing went viral. Even at that, I still approached the two factions in the town; the Onowu, the prince and others to talk to the boys, but all of them said the boys were above them.
At this point, I raised a team and sent there; but the information filtered to them, the hoodlums laid ambush and to avoid casualties on both sides, the team had to come back. Two days after, I prepared a team and they stormed there in the day; and arrested about 70 of them. But after screening, we discovered that only about five or six people amongst them were holding the whole community to ransom; these were the kingpins. If I show you the emails that Nanka people from Lagos, US and different parts of the world were sending, praising the security agencies for saving their town, you would be surprised. There was huge celebration.
But shortly after that, I left the state and the new Commissioner of Police carried on.

There were indications last week that the boys who fled the town are gradually returning; what are the police doing about that?
What I’m telling you was the situation before I left the state. It was very terrible that a General couldn’t enter his town. So many prominent business men from the area can’t enter the town; you dare not say you want to build a house; you will first pay big money to the hoodlums. There were not goats and animals in the town; they arrested any animal they saw. Everything, they will take to their shrine and people will come and pay fines. So, I left the challenge with the present CP and he has been properly briefed. And the state government is very interested in the matter because it has said that there can’t be two governments in one state.

Beyond Anambra, what has been your general experience in the zone?
I am just few weeks in Umuahia, but before coming to Abia, we used to meet as Commissioners of Police. In Abia and Imo, the challenge is kidnapping and in Enugu, it’s armed robbery and the herdsmen menace. We’ll evolve effective strategy to find a lasting solution to the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers. But we are working seriously especially in Imo, the CP there has been very proactive. He has been there for a while, so with experience, he is handling the place well. Recently, you would have noticed that some bad boys who called themselves Vandals or Avengers, whom you can’t differentiate what they do with those arms whether they were strictly for pipeline vandalism or for other purposes, surrendered their arms in the presence of the state governor and the security agencies.
There are challenges of course; I am going to meet with them and also with the governors. I appeal to the governors to invest more on security of lives and property. That doesn’t mean that they are not doing anything, but they need to do more. Anambra is an exemplary state, even the former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar was there recently and he congratulated and praised Governor Obiano for what he has done concerning security.
In fact, as we speak, Police helicopter has been there flying over the airspace on surveillance and sending strong signals to the criminals. We are actually soliciting the cooperation of the governors of Imo, Enugu and Abia to borrow a leaf from their Anambra counterpart.

What was your best moment in Anambra?
My best moment was that the people appreciated my little efforts. For me, I did nothing, but to them; I did so much. Initially, I thought it was the typical character of the Nigerian, when somebody is around, you praise him to high heavens so that they can get one favour or the other from you. But I eventually realised that some of these people praising me are people who would not even need anything from me; if they need police security, they have access to the Inspector General of Police and can have dozens of it.
I was also happy with how I related with the downtrodden, traders, students, barrow pushers, name them; that’s why they gave me all manner of awards, including one from the Chief Judge of the state.

You talked about challenges; what were those challenges?
Anambra is 25 years old; but if you go and check the number of Commissioners of Police that have served there, you think it is far older; you would also ask; why is it that these people don’t stay long there? So, for me to have stayed for one year and ten months; without a single petition or query, even when I was leaving, they didn’t like it. It was really the grace of God for me to have survived Anambra.
The politics of Anambra is very delicate; there everybody is a big man and you don’t push people around anyhow. To survive there, you have to be very neutral; be yourself, if their monies are flying, look another direction. Once their money doesn’t entice you, you’ll survive there.
Another issue was the challenge of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB); it was another national issue. From left, you are not safe, from right, you are not safe. But to the glory of God, it was managed and from the police perspective, we managed it excellently without having much blame even from the protesters. We were at the middle.

What was your toughest moment policing Anambra?
The toughest moment was balancing the problem of agitation. Before the 2015 general election, remember that Anambra didn’t have governorship election at the same time. So, the National Assembly election was a tug of war; in fact starting from the campaign to the delegate election; primaries, particularly Anambra Central, was like a war zone. It’s either Victor Umeh’s group today or Senator Uche Ekwunife’s group; it’s about billboard being pulled down or this group is accusing the other of using arms to terrorise its supporters or smashing the campaign vehicles. And you need to balance these things.
The issue of Chieftaincy tussle was also very prominent. But another major issue was that of land; land is like god in Anambra. After we had stamped out kidnapping and armed robbery, land disputes came up including the volatile market politics. We were able to manage all that; managed protest of agitators, chieftaincy issues in many of the communities; we were also able to manage controversies in town unions in many major towns.
We were able to manage the state politics; I remember before the primaries for the National Assembly election, PDP alone had about three factions and each of them was parading its own leadership. So, we needed to navigate it and play safe without any of them saying we took sides. We still have to manage it in a way that the ruling party, APGA does not accuse you of undermining them or the other group saying you are supporting APGA. That was what we passed through in Anambra; and I thank God.



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