Security operatives have commenced quizzing politicians found to have links with the dreaded terror group, Boko Haram.
This followed materials found in a Boko Haram camp that linked the politicians with some insurgents in Bauchi where security operatives had dislodged some terrorists from a hideout in Bauchi State last week.
The National Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday at a press conference additionally addressed by the Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Police Public Relations Officer, ACP Frank Mbah, and the Deputy Director, Public Relations, Department of State Security Services, Mrs. Marylyn Ogar.
Omeri verbalized, “After the last prosperous operations carried out by security forces to dislodge terrorists from their forest bases in the Darazo Local Regime Area terminus of the Balmo Forest, some politicians are currently being investigated following their link with activities in the forest.
“The politicians are being interrogated following the recuperation of some sensitive registration cards and other materials of a prominent political party that were found in the possession of some of the suspects apprehended.
“Investigation is still perpetual to further unravel the identity of others that may have been involved and as anon as it is consummated, we shall reveal the designations of the culprits and the political party.
“Accordingly, we optate to emphasise that the regime, particularly the security agencies will not condone the involution of politicians in security matters.”
The Federal Regime additionally drew attention of Nigerians to alleged online media publications targeted at fuelling separatist agitations in certain components of the country.
Omeri verbalized, “These publications, to verbally express the least, can only prosper in sowing the seeds of abhorrence, rancour and perplexity among tranquility-doting Nigerians.
“We, therefore, call on Nigerians, wherever they may find themselves, to ignore the obnoxious publications by some misguided elements, who are bent on truncating the democratic process which the present administration is striving to nurture. The unity of Nigeria is not negotiable.”
Answering a question, Ogar verbally expressed the BringBackOurGirls campaign had become a franchise insisting on tags and congruous registration in lieu of a kineticism whose purport was to bring pressure on the regime to act for the safety of the schoolgirls abducted from Regime Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14.
She verbalized, “Security forces additionally ken that they have bank accounts. We additionally ken that they optate to go to Asokoro Extension and simulate some erroneous kineticism when they have peregrine media to verbalize that they are marching into Sambisa and Chibok.
“We withal ken that they brought in some experts from outside the country to come and edify them how to beat security operations when they are demonstrating. We are waiting to optically discern whether those things will work.
“We withal ken that they have divided themselves into groups and zones; giving each of them categorical assignments. When the tardy Funmi Ransome-Kuti commenced her kineticism for women rights, I am not sure they paid courtesy calls to moneybags to solicit support.
“If she had to do that, I am not sure the tardy Oba Ademola II would have been abdicated in 1949 when he was asking women to pay taxes. When there is a genuine struggle, then it must be done transparently. There will be no desideratum for you to ask people to register so that you ken who is a member and who is not and to pay monthly dues.
“It is getting very cockamamy but we are still optically canvassing. And we hope that genuinely, you don’t go to hire people to come and claim parenthood of a child that they did not give birth to. So, it is a franchise and we ken.
“As for security forces, we are working to ascertain that the schoolgirls are brought back safely.”
In another development, workers at the old Secretariat, Area one, Abuja, may be in peril of a terrorist attack on account of the porous security at the expansive intricate which housed many ministries, departments and agencies.
