A committee set up by the Federal Government has accused leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu of being responsible for the murder of Chike Akunyili, widower of the former information minister Prof. Dora Akunyili.
The 24-member committee is headed by the attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice Abubakar Malami. Members of the committee include officials from the Federal Ministry of Justice, Federal Ministry of Information, Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services (DSS), National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Addressing a press conference on Friday, Mr Malami who spoke on behalf of the committee also accused Mr Kanu of being responsible for the murder of former presidential aide Ahmad Gulak and over 177 others in the south-east.
The committee’s report read, “Acting on the instigating directives of Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB members and #EndSARS protesters attacked and killed many security agents, destroyed several public and private properties, including police stations, public transport buses and other facilities across the country.
“That on October 21, 2020, Nnamdi Kanu through an online call-in radio programme(Radio Biafra), further instigated IPOB members to burn down all police stations and kill government security forces, which was carried out, and security personnel (especially police officers) were killed and public and private properties destroyed.
“That 175 security personnel were killed by IPOB/ESN, comprising 128 policemen, 37 military personnel and 10 other security operatives. Killing of prominent Nigerians: Recently there were gruesome killings of traditional leaders: Obi 1 of Okwudor autonomous community, Eze E. AnayochukwuDurueburuo and Eze Sampson Osunwa of Ihebineowerre autonomous community as well as the killings of Dr. Chike Akunyili and eight others as well as the killing of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak on May 30, 2021.”
The committee further said 175 security personnel were killed in attacks carried out between October 2020 and June 2021.
It added that INEC facilities were destroyed, police stations and formations were attacked, firearms and ammunition stolen, vehicles destroyed and inmates set free on the orders of Kanu.
