The Federal Government has blamed the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, for the murder of Chike Akunyili, the widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili.
The government further accused Kanu of being responsible for the murder of a former Presidential Aide, Ahmad Gulak, and over 184 others in the South-East region.
This is according to a committee set up by President Buhari to investigate Kanu, who is standing trial for terrorism.
The 24-member committee comprised members of the Federal Ministry of Justice, the Federal Ministry of Information, the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services, (DSS), the National Intelligence Agency, (NIA), and the Defence Intelligence Agency.
The committee, which was headed by the Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF), Abubakar Malami, said consequent upon the instigating directives of Kanu, members of IPOB and the Eastern Security Network, (ESN), carried out massive attacks on democratic institutions especially facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), with a view to hampering democratic process in Nigeria.
It said the attacks that were carried out between October 2020 and June 2021 led to the killing of 175 security personnel.
The committee found that as a consequence of Nnamdi Kanus broadcasts, there were 19 attacks on INEC facilities that resulted in the destruction of offices as well as burning of 18 INEC logistical vehicles, several election materials, equipment and ICT gadgets in Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo States.
The Presidential committee stated that 164 police stations and formations, including the State’s Police Headquarters, Owerri, Imo State, were attacked by IPOB/ESN, leading to the death of 128 policemen, while 144 were injured and 628 vehicles were destroyed.
It said 396 firearms and 17,738 ammunition were carted away during the IPOB/ESN attacks.
That there were three IPOB/ESN attacks on Nigerian Correctional Service, including the Headquarters of NCoS, Owerri, Imo State where 1,841 inmates escaped. That the Headquarters of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Umuahia, Abia State was also attacked by IPOB/ESN leading to the death of one officer, the report partly read.
