Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdul-Rahman Dambazau (rtd), on Friday, declared that the O’odua People’s Congress (OPC) and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) all share similarities with Boko Haram because they’re all are extremist groups.
Dambazau made this assertion at Army War College in Abuja while delivering a lecture to participants of course 5/2021.
He alleged that the two groups were sponsoring a new wave of extremism that could ignite ethnic conflict so as to achieve their aims of dividing the country.
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Dambazau said the Police have a critical role to play in quelling recent agitations across the country, ‘instead of leaving everything for the military’.
‘The two groups have been making efforts to ignite nationwide inter-ethnic conflicts through their violent attacks on northern residents or transacting businesses in the south as a quick way to realise their dream for a divided Nigeria.
‘We see parallels between Boko Haram and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) both ethnic extremist groups. All the three groups operate on the platform of extremism,’ Dambazau said.
Speaking earlier, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru directed all Nigerian Army training institutions to build appropriate capacities and competencies in order to make the army a formidable force that can tackle all security threats.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
