WARRI—Ijaw People
Development Initiative, IPD, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police
over a controversial police report claiming that its spokesperson, Daniel
Ezekiel, abducted August 2, by unknown security agents in Delta State, was
among the seven suspected Arepo vandals/ militants apprehended by the police in
Edo State on September 13.
The group, in a
petition by its lawyer, Omes Ogedegbe, said: “The petitioners are surprised as
the alleged name, ‘Daniel Ezekiel’ in the police report published in the media,
was same with its spokesperson, Daniel Ezekiel, who was allegedly abducted by
an All Progressives Congress, APC, member in conjunction with an unknown
security outfit since August 2, 2016 and same was reported at Nigeria Police,
Zone 5, Benin City, which had invited the party chieftain for interview.”
It demanded a
thorough investigation on the identity of the Daniel Ezekiel contained in the
said police report, saying:
“The issue of the alleged abduction of Daniel
Ezekiel has been lodged in Zone 5, which is now being investigated by the Anti-
Kidnapping Unit of Police in Zone 5.”
The group said that it suspected the
name, Daniel Ezekiel, in the police report to be its abducted spokesperson, and
urged the IG to investigate the report.
“Daniel Ezekiel is neither a militant
nor a pipeline vandal as alleged by the police. He has no business with fleeing
Arepo militants.
He never lived in Arepo or Lagos; he is a rights activist and
a businessman and naming Daniel Ezekiel among fleeing Arepo militants is
shocking.
“We need an explanation. How could a man kidnapped for over one month
and his whereabouts unknown be named among fleeing suspected Arepo militants
apprehended on September 13, 2016?” NANGUARD
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