{"id":89233,"date":"2023-06-04T20:59:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T19:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ipob-blames-soludos-commissioner-for-insecurity-in-anambra-calls-for-his-arrest"},"modified":"2023-06-04T23:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T22:27:19","slug":"ipob-blames-soludos-commissioner-for-insecurity-in-anambra-calls-for-his-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-blames-soludos-commissioner-for-insecurity-in-anambra-calls-for-his-arrest","title":{"rendered":"IPOB blames Soludo\u2019s commissioner for insecurity in Anambra, calls for his arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reinforced its accusation on Commissioner for Homeland Security in Anambra State, Mr Chikodili Anara, of being responsible for the insecurity in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The group had a week ago made the same allegation, saying that the commissioner runs a group of armed men, who they accused of perpetuating insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Anara had, however, denied the allegation, saying that the group was being sponsored to tarnish his image.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest press statement by IPOB, which was signed by the spokesperson of the group, Mr Emma Powerful, the group called for the arrest of the commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>The group listed some Anambra communities in Awka North Local Government Area as the area where Anara harbours armed men, and have been terrorising indigenes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe atrocities happening in these communities (Awka North) were masterminded by Anambra Homeland Security Commissioner, Chikodili Anara, aka Igbakigba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnambra State Governor must investigate his Homeland Security Commissioner Chikodili Anara\u2019s relationship with some criminals operating at the above named communities and Ogbaru.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe maintain that Chikodili Anara, aka Igbakigba, is sponsoring these criminals operating in these communities. He should be questioned about what is happening at Isiodo, Ugwuaborshi, and Achalla and those who are operating near his sister\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commissioner, Anara, must explain why his security outfit refused to chase those criminals away. Is it because they are partners in crime?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a previous reply to IPOB\u2019s accusation, Anara said Powerful has been in contact with him, trying to extort him, over a publication he said he intends to release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been out to blackmail me, and has been calling me since then, and I have told him expressly that I will never part with a Kobo to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reinforced its accusation on Commissioner for Homeland Security in Anambra State, Mr Chikodili Anara, of being responsible for the insecurity in the state. The group had a week ago made the same allegation, saying that the commissioner runs a group of armed men, who they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[1570,2140,35,199,254,3679],"class_list":["post-89233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-anambra","tag-ipob","tag-nigeria","tag-soludo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IPOB blames Soludo\u2019s commissioner for insecurity in Anambra, calls for his arrest - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta 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