South-East Attacks: 'Stop Arresting Innocent Youths' - Abaribe Tells FG
Afnews Editor
Jun 03, 2021
Senate Minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has condemned the approach the federal government is taking to resolve South-East attacks.
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Abaribe in an interview on Arise TV on Thursday, condemned the arrest of innocent youths, especially young boys by security operatives in the South-East each time there is an attack on a security formation.
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The senator stated that there is a need for security agencies to conduct an in-depth investigation, bring and try criminals involved in the acts in court.
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He also insinuated that there are speculations that the attacks which are being done in quick succession in Igbo land were aimed at scuttling the proposal for an Igbo presidency.
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"Civil engagement dictates that you investigate, apprehend and prosecute.
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"We are happy that Nigerians are seeing that what is here is not an Igbo problem, but a criminal syndicate going around all parts of the county and the government needs to unravel this.
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"If a criminal burns a police station, you do nothing and then go and arrest every villager that you see on the street; which is what is currently happening in the south-east, then you are not resolving the issue.
"What you're letting everybody know is that it is us versus them, which is not a good way of building unity in the country.
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"We have directed the inspector-general of police and other security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation not to just round up youths that you see, conduct extra-judicial killings and say you've resolved the issue.
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"Suppose these attacks being done in quick succession in Igboland are meant to scuttle the proposal for an Igbo presidency - I hope you can also look at it from that perspective,ÔÇØ he said.
"All we are saying is, try to conduct a thorough investigation then we'll know who is doing this, who their sponsors are and why they are doing it,ÔÇØ he said.
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