The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze
Ndigbo, has condemned the reinstatement of the dismissed Commissioner
of Police, Mr. Zakari Biu, by Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government.
For the Ndigbo youths, the action is another glaring example of the fact that Buhari is running a northern agenda.
Buhari’s appointments so far have leaned heavily on the side of the North, with southeast being totally overlooked so far.
Biu was on Friday reinstated and statutorily retired by the Police
Service Commission, nearly three years after he was dismissed for
allegedly aiding the escape of Boko Haram mastermind, Kabiru Sokoto.
Sokoto, who is now serving a jail term in Abuja, was convicted for thebombing of St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State.
It will be recalled that no fewer than 44 worshipers of the church
lost their lives on the eve of 2011 Christmas.
The Ohanaeze Youth Council accused the President Muhammadu Buhari- led Federal Government of pursuing a northern agenda.
In a statement issued by the National President of the OYC, Okechukwu
Isiguzoro, on Sunday, the group said the action of the Police Service
Commission had confirmed that “Buhari’s administration indeed belongs
to the North and not to everybody.”
The group said, “The manner and impunity with which the Buhari
administration is reversing some laudable actions and policies of his
predecessor without minding the security implications calls for
concern. The decision of the PSC is very worrisome and against all
known norms and true justice.”
The OYC said that by reinstating Biu, President Buhari had
demonstrated that he had no regard for the lives of the innocent
worshipers who perished in the bomb blast masterminded by Sokoto.
The statement partly read, “Before now, we were shouting over the
recent lopsided appointments made by the President, where the
South-East was deliberately ignored, but the worst has come by
rewarding a man who aided Kabiru Sokoto after he snuffed life out of
over 44 Igbo indigenes and left over 70 others critically injured.
“Our questions are these: What effort has the present administration
made to know the situation of the victims of that bomb blast? What
effort has the government made to know the condition of the bereaved
families, considering that most of the victims were their bread
winners?
“It is obvious that Mr. President cares less about the Ndigbo in this
country; we are saying that the current administration is dragging
this country into ethnic chaos and it will not yield any good fruit.”
