Police Commissioner Declares Biafra Security Service Illegal

The Commissioner of Police Abia, State Command, CP Adeleye
Oyebade has declared the recently formed Biafra Security Service of
the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as illegal.

Oyebade in a press briefing at the command’s headquarters in
Umuahia, the state capital warned those behind the formation of the
security network he described as “unlawful and illegal” to retrace
their steps.

He stressed that the Nigerian constitution recognizes only the
Nigerian Police, Nigerians Army and the Department of States
service, adding that any other group claiming to be providing
security without an approval from constitution was illegal.

The state police boss further stated that the full weight of the
law would be brought upon the organizers of the said BSS who he
noted were displaying videos of the “outlawed” security service on
their social media network.

Oyebade who stated that the police and other security operatives
in the state would never fold their hands and watch unscrupulous
elements to disrupt the relative peace in the state reiterated that
the police in synergy with other sister agencies to make the state
safe for business and economic activities to thrive.

He also used the opportunity to parade suspected armed robbers,
kidnappers, cultists amongst others who he said were still being
investigated and would soon be arraigned in court for trial for
commencement of prosecution.

Amongst the paraded suspects was a car snatcher identified as
Onyekachi Nwaogu of No. 7 Nwankwo Street off Obohia, Aba South
Local Government Area of the state.

Oyebade also disclosed that detectives attached to the D7 SCIID,
Umuahia, but operating in Aba also recovered a Red coloured Toyota
Camry with reg number SSM 521 TP with engine number 5X3249568 and
chasis no. 4018G12K4TU74221 suspected to have been stolen from its
owner.

He appealed to Abians to always provide necessary information
about the activities of hoodlums in their areas to the police and
other security agencies in the state who he stated were ready to
make the state unsafe for criminals to thrive.

The Commissioner of Police Abia, State Command, CP Adeleye
Oyebade has declared the recently formed Biafra Security Service of
the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as illegal.

Oyebade in a press briefing at the command’s headquarters in
Umuahia, the state capital warned those behind the formation of the
security network he described as “unlawful and illegal” to retrace
their steps.

He stressed that the Nigerian constitution recognizes only the
Nigerian Police, Nigerians Army and the Department of States
service, adding that any other group claiming to be providing
security without an approval from constitution was illegal.

The state police boss further stated that the full weight of the
law would be brought upon the organizers of the said BSS who he
noted were displaying videos of the “outlawed” security service on
their social media network.

Oyebade who stated that the police and other security operatives
in the state would never fold their hands and watch unscrupulous
elements to disrupt the relative peace in the state reiterated that
the police in synergy with other sister agencies to make the state
safe for business and economic activities to thrive.

He also used the opportunity to parade suspected armed robbers,
kidnappers, cultists amongst others who he said were still being
investigated and would soon be arraigned in court for trial for
commencement of prosecution.

Amongst the paraded suspects was a car snatcher identified as
Onyekachi Nwaogu of No. 7 Nwankwo Street off Obohia, Aba South
Local Government Area of the state.

Oyebade also disclosed that detectives attached to the D7 SCIID,
Umuahia, but operating in Aba also recovered a Red coloured Toyota
Camry with reg number SSM 521 TP with engine number 5X3249568 and
chasis no. 4018G12K4TU74221 suspected to have been stolen from its
owner.

He appealed to Abians to always provide necessary information
about the activities of hoodlums in their areas to the police and
other security agencies in the state who he stated were ready to
make the state unsafe for criminals to thrive.