IG Orders Policemen to Be Ruthless with Secession Agitators
Acting Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali yesterday ordered policemen to deal ruthlessly with criminal elements and secessionists who attempt to test their will.
He spoke against the background of a breakdown of security in many parts of the country.
In the Southeast and Southsouth, policemen are being killed in attacks on their stations, which are also most of the time burnt.
Policemen on checkpoint are being wantonly killed by gunmen.
The Owerri correctional centre was attacked and inmate freed.
The violent activities of the separatist body the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) have heightened.
In the Southwest, the voice of separatists have grown louder with Prof. Banji Akintoye and Sunday Igboho, spearheading it.
Yesterday in Enugu, the acting IG launched s...