Tag: Abdulrahman Dambazau

OPC Replies Dambazau, says Ex-Minister Lost Touch with Reality
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OPC Replies Dambazau, says Ex-Minister Lost Touch with Reality

The O’odua People’s Congress has attacked a former Chief of Army Staff and Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), for comparing it with the terrorist group, Boko Haram. It accused the ex-minister of losing touch with reality. The group in a statement on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, said Dambazau was noted for unguarded utterances. Dambazau, speaking on Friday in Abuja at the inauguration of Army War College Nigeria Course 5/2021, said the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and the OPC shared similarities with the terrorist group, Boko Haram. He added that both the OPC and IPOB were making attempts to plunge the nation into an ethnic war. Reacting to the statement, OPC noted that the ex-minister’s statement was capable of heati...