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Dambazau and 4 other top Northern leaders had their hands in recruitment of bandit-OP - Edoman - 04-11-2021 Dambazau and four other top Northern leaders had their hands in recruitment of bandits into the country - OPC hits back at Former Minister of Interior The O’odua Peoples Congress has lampooned former the Chief of Army Staff and immediate past Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdurahman Dambazau (retd) for likening them as well as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Boko Haram. OPC in a statement released on Saturday April 10 by its Publicity Secretary Mr Yinka Oguntimehin, said the former Army chief is suffering from ''acute dementia and gradually losing touch with the realities of the moment.'' They also alleged that in 2014 just before the general election, Dambazau and four other top Northern leaders had their hands in the recruitment of bandits into the country. OPC also alleged that when Dambazzau eventually became the minister of Interior under President Muhammadu Buhari, "he requested and pleaded that the Federal Government should raise over N800b to settle the bandits; a request that was opposed by Nigerians”. The statement read; Quote:"Dambazau’s statement that OPC and IPOB are very much the same as the dreaded Boko Haram was made in bad faith, and such statements have raised some fundamental questions about his intentions, interests and morality as a former COAS and minister of Interior that has allegedly been supporting bandits by offering them both financial and technical support. Noting that OPC has been in existence since 1994, Oguntimehin stated that OPC cannot be equated with Boko Haram which it said was adjudged globally as “the third most dreaded terrorist groups in the world.” The group also pointed out that Boko Haram and bandits have taken over four states in the North and Danbazau had never condemned their atrocities. He added; Quote:“OPC has never been involved in any act of insurgency, including kidnapping or killings. Our group has been at the vanguard of supporting the police and providing information that can help the police in ensuring effective security at the grassroots. |