Aka Ikenga condemns relocation of Boko Haram detainees to Anambra

Aka Ikenga, the Igbo intelligentsia, has noted with great pain, the relocation of Boko Haram detainees to Aguata Prisons, Ekwulobia, in Anambra State.

Condemning the development in a statement signed by Okey Onyemobi, its national publicity secretary, the group said the “brazen impunity” was perpetrated by the Federal Government despite torrents of protests recorded in the commercial city of Onitsha and other major cities of Anambra State last weekend over rumours of government intention on the matter.

According to the statement, Willie Obiano, governor of Anambra State, as the chief security officer of the state has also expressed his reservations over the Federal Government’s intentions, cataloguing the security implications.

“This was followed by an avalanche of denials from the Federal Prison Authorities. Dramatically, the Federal Government still went ahead to relocate them to Ekwulobia in flagrant violation of the avowed wishes and volition of the peace-loving people of Anambra State,” it said.

“Aka Ikenga vehemently condemns in its entirety this bizarre impunity. Anambra State is a peaceful State. The people have spoken that their security will be jeopardised when hardened terrorists are inhabited in a prison in their state that is not a maximum security prison. We therefore, urge the Federal Government to move those detainees out of Anambra State to a more appropriate location. This should be done immedi- ately before things get out of hand,” the group further said.