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Published 8 May 2021
This is arguably a particularly difficult time for Nigeria. The signs are ominous that things have not been okay with the country. It will not be out of place to note that the situation is gradually becoming akin to what the late novelist, Chinua Achebe captured in his book, “Things Fall Apart,” when he wrote that, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold, ‘’echoing the opening stanza of William Butler Yeats’s poem “The Second Coming.”
Eavesdropper observes that right, left and centre, there appears to be anarchy with the leadership appearing irritatingly helpless. Insecurity has taken over the country and those who should arrest the situation are obviously not up to the task. From the southern to the northern part of the country, the nation is reeling in bloody attacks from kidnappers, bandits and other terror groups. Not long ago, suspected gunmen razed the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headq
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No fewer than nine fleeing inmates from Nigeria Correctional Centre have been re-arrested in Ghana, IgbereTV has learned..
According to ICIR Nigeria, the inmates were arrested by the Ada District Police Command in the Greater Accra Region and were suspected to be part of over 1,800 inmates that escaped from the Imo State Correctional earlier this month.
The Police said the fleeing inmates were monitored following credible intelligence that they were about to cross the Volta River into Ada Foh on Sunday, April 18. They were eventually tracked to an area known as Clinic Junction Lorry Station from where they were arrested in Sprinter bus with registration number, ER 1657-14.
NO fewer than nine fleeing inmates from Nigeria Correctional Centre have been re-arrested in Ghana, myjoynews has reported.
The inmates were arrested by the Ada District Police Command in the Greater Accra Region and were suspected to be part of over 1,800 inmates that escaped from the Imo State Correctional earlier this month.
According to the Police, the fleeing inmates were monitored following credible intelligence that they were about to cross the Volta River into Ada Foh on Sunday, April 18. They were eventually tracked to an area known as Clinic Junction Lorry Station from where they were arrested in Sprinter bus with registration number, ER 1657-14.
Governor Hope Uzodinma
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has alleged that some aggrieved politicians sponsored Monday attacks in the state.
Uzodinma, who spoke on Wednesday while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme, did not disclose the identity of those politicians.
Unknown gunmen on Monday attacked the Owerri Correctional Prison and freed over 1800 inmates. The attackers also razed the Imo State Police Command headquarters situated in Owerri and burnt all the vehicles parked at the command headquarters.
The hoodlums further freed the suspects in the cells at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the command and made an attempt to loot the police armoury in the state.
Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader
We woke up last Monday to hear that unknown gunmen in a guerrilla style operation, had attacked the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Prison, raized scores of vehicles there, and freed detained inmates in their various facilities numbering about 1,800.
We were thrown aback, overawed, surprised, and dumb-founded at such an horrific incident. Who did it, and for what purpose?
We had hardly done with our question when, in a supersonic manner, the just sacked Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, jumped to the conclusion that those who carried out the Owerri attacks were operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the security arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).