Alleged Abia number one kidnapper, Osisikankwu, breaks silence, speaks to Vanguard
Metro Nov 7, 2010 By Chidi Nkwopara

The origin of this piece will certainly read like a fairy tale. A young man walked into the Vanguard Office, Owerri, to discuss placement of 15 full pages of colour advertisement. After discussing with our Correspondent, Chidi Nkwopara, the potential client left but promised that he would call to confirm the next line of action.
About four days after the visit, a call came through an MTN number. The message was simple: “We have accepted to place the advert in Vanguard. You have to come to Aba and pick the money”.
For the reporter, Aba was a no-go area and the caller was told so. A deal was struck that the reporter should come to a place close to Osisioma. He thereafter left Owerri for the designated place on the appointed day.
Locating the “advertiser” was not difficult but the only shock was that they were a group of youngsters! Our reporter’s expectation that he would just collect the manuscripts and cash and return safely to Owerri, was not to be. He instead got the shock of his life as it turned out that he had been talking to the dreaded and wanted militant leader and alleged kidnapper, Osisi Ka Nkwu!
During the encounter, the militant leader decided to break his long-drawn silence on the unrest in Aba, Abia State. And in a discussion which lasted for about 20 minutes, he gave account of why he took up arms and vowed to continue with the struggle until Ngwaland is liberated.

Why did you take up arms?
We became militants because of the failure of government to live up to its responsibilities towards us. Many of us are graduates. Some are university drop-outs,who could not continue for want of fund or sponsors. There are secondary school leavers without a future in school or jobs. Many are skilled workers from all walks of life, who are partially on the job or were forced out by lack of fund to buy tools and start their business. Others are apprentices and persons wrongfully and unlawfully put out of job without means to litigate on the injustices meted against them, and a lot more who suffered sub-human treatment, degradation, torture, victimization and unjust imprisonment in the hands of Abia State Government, and its agencies from the traditional village setting up to Government House, Umuahia.

Are there other reasons?
Yes. There are some of us who chose militancy because of the rape of their wives and sisters, ritual killing of innocent persons in the guise of security by mainly the Bakassi Boys, used by the state administration as a security outfit. I must also talk about the corrupt segment of the Nigeria Police unleashed on Abia people. They extort money at check points, police stations and even in people’s homes, thus impoverishing the citizens.

All these pains and suffering are inflicted on the poor masses while the few privileged and untouchable rich move freely to continue their looting. These human beings have relations and friends who make much money from Ngwa land without ploughing back their profit to develop the area and her people.
Are you sincere that Aba is neglected?

Honestly, successive governments in Umuahia have refused, failed and neglected to provide for the many that are poor. We took up arms to expel the few that are rich, who today, have no protection in Aba.

The neglect of Ngwaland by government is borne out of lack of patriotism by stranger elements in and around the corridors of power. How else can one explain the utter neglect of Ngwaland to its present lowest degree of absurdity?

Any proof?
Yes. Since the creation of Abia State in 1991, no Ngwa man has been governor of the state and all main markets in Aba, including Ariaria Market in Osisioma Ngwa, Cemetery Market, Ngwa Road Market and Shopping Centre, are all controlled by stranger elements, who have no interest of Ngwaland at heart.


Osisikankwu
Aba remains the commercial nerve centre of Abia State. Internally generated revenue of the state comes from this town, but there are no good road network in this town and the adjoining Osisioma area. Articulated vehicles fall or get stuck at the Osisioma Ngwa-Ekeakpara Market road. The story is worse in the hinterland. It makes us wonder if we are in modern day Nigeria or pre-historic Nigeria. This has been the state of affairs in this area for years and government pretends it does not know about it and have not heard the cry of the common man.
How can you say there are no jobs in Aba when there are factories in the town?

In all honesty, there are no job opportunities in Aba and I can tell you that there are no functional factories in the town. We have been lacking jobs even before the much orchestrated kidnap began. Government policies and programmes do not favour job creation. It does not favour industrial growth and expansion where our teeming unemployed but employable hands could have been engaged. So, why would these set of citizens not employ themselves?
Like commercial motorcycling?

There you come again. Okada riders were used for election purposes and sadly dumped after the polls. Their only reward was the blanket banning and burning of their motorcycles by the police and Bakassi Boys, at the instance of the state government. Nothing was put in place to take care of those who lost their means of livelihood and this helped in increasing the ranks of the militants in the area. Those who managed to purchase tricycles were subjected to paying N100 tax daily to the state government as rehabilitation fee.
What is the position of the petroleum depot in Aba?

You are living behind time. The depot stopped functioning long ago and no government is interested in looking into the matter. The result is that those who earned the livelihood from the depot have since lost the opportunity. They can no longer support themselves and their dependants. Again, this has rightly increased the number of angry people in the area and the option naturally is militancy.
Ngwaland is an oil producing area. Has it not impacted positively on the lives of the people?
Ngwaland is in the Niger Delta region. The truth is that no town or village is presently enjoying the dividends of oil exploration and exploitation. Owaza is a typical example of gross neglect by government. There are no roads, good and functional schools, electricity, potable water, modern markets and health centres. The sad thing is that some of our sons have allowed themselves to be bought over by government to the detriment of the hapless and helpless citizens.

Are you indicting your prominent sons and daughters?
Good question! A lot of them live outside the impoverished area. They should start preparing their burial places in Abuja and other lands because they have willingly sabotaged their native land. Their children are schooling or working abroad. They hardly touch base and cannot tell the real feeling of their kith and kin.
We are told that education is still regarded as a top priority in Abia State

I don’t know who told you that. High cost of education has sadly put the facility out of the reach of the common man. It has become very elusive for children from poor homes. Our girls, who are desirous to get education but are from poor background, get messed up in the process. Some even died of deadly sexually transmitted diseases. Public schools in Abia State is a mockery of education. This is why the rich and wealthy have transferred their children to private schools, which charge exorbitant fees.

What is your take on the controversial kidnap of school children?
Nigeria shook and quaked because children from a private school were kidnapped. They were children of the rich, wealthy and powerful. If children from public schools were picked up, nobody would have even heard about it because they are children from poor homes. Nobody speaks for them and this is the irony of the ugly situation we have found ourselves in Ngwaland. I must say that the children were released unconditionally by my men.

Did your group kidnap the school children?
One of the camps seized the bus conveying the children to their school. It was a private school. It attracted worldwide reaction and to this extent, it served its purpose. l personally found out the camp that carried out the operation and moved the kids for immediate release.
Government House, Umuahia, was impatient, despite my firm promise that the children would be released unharmed. Similarly, my lawyer mounted pressure on me. He threatened to abandon my brief if the school children were not released September 29, 2010.
Despite heavy military presence, I brought out the school children from the camp of the group that held them hostage and directly called the office of Abia State Deputy Governor and also through my lawyer, asked government to send people to Ngwa Iyiekwe Junction, along Aba_Port Harcourt express way to pick the children. That was how the children regained their freedom.
We were told that the soldiers rescued the children. Is your account not strange?

I was surprised to hear that the soldiers claimed credit for the release of the school children. I would have roundly dealt with the soldiers if that was the mission of my teeming followers. People should learn to tell Nigerians the truth at all times.
What truth are you now telling?

Apart from the total neglect of Ngwaland, there are other issues to recall. Aba has been an important city in the political, economic and social life of Nigeria. Major reforms in Nigeria started in Aba and spread to other parts of Nigeria. All Nigerians are today reaping from the effects of the Aba Women Riot of 1929. All sorts of bad names were given to the protagonist of that necessary riot.
Today, the White colonialists are gone and Black colonialists have since taken over. The state is set again at Ngwaland for a fight to either make government provide for the teeming poor masses and also protect the rich few. Government should make the area a free zone for the poor and a war zone for the rich criminals. Ours is a struggle, a commitment borne out of patriotism. The side effect is what people call kidnapping and armed robbery.
How many militant groups were actually operating in Ngwaland?

There were more than nine militant groups in various camps and locations scattered in the area. I can honestly tell you that the smallest militant group had not less than 250 persons at the time Governor Theodore Orji announced his amnesty programme. I led the largest group, which had over 3,000 men. Although these militant groups were autonomous, they were however very loyal to me.
After due consultation with the various groups, I was given the mandate to negotiate with government on the amnesty details and how to surrender our arms and ammunition. I also sought services of a lawyer in this regard, especially as I was skeptical about government’s sincerity

Why did the amnesty promised by Governor Theodore Orji fail?
I hate to recall this aspect. Government House Umuahia was still discussing with my lawyer on ways to put a permanent end to the problem before September 30, 2010. The amnesty was planned to lapse October 7, 2010.
To assure government of our sincerity, journalists were scheduled to visit the militant camps and take photographs of the armoury, so that government can match what we will eventually surrender with the items in the photograph. The press was to visit September 30, 2010, while we were to surrender our arms on October 4, 2010. Although the school children were seized within this time frame, I still assured government of the safety and subsequent release of the children.

So, what happened?
In the early hours of September 30, the Abia State Government in conjunction with the Federal Government, declared military action in Ngwaland. Tension was high. Buildings were destroyed. Properties were damaged and lost. Women and girls raped. Livestock were stolen and eaten by the invading soldiers, who came in trucks and tanks of war.
With heavy military presence, the visit of the press failed and consequently, the amnesty programme collapsed. The military struck eight clear days ahead of the expiration of the amnesty deadline.
With the military in combat readiness and with the actual bombardment of Ugwuati and some other parts of Ngwaland, the various militant groups and camps dispersed without surrendering.
How many of your men have been arrested?

The soldiers are jokers. The killing, arrest, detention and trial of innocent citizens, who were branded kidnappers, have not and would not help matters. Of over 3,000 men in my camp, who were ready to surrender their arms before the military arrived, none has been identified or touched by any soldier or police man. The figure of arrests announced by the security agencies is a figment of their imagination and a cheap propaganda to score cheap political marks. The military presence has not solved the inherent issues that ignited the problem.
How do you escape from these security men?
It is very simple. We know them but they do not know us. Recently, a photograph of my father was published as my own. I had a good laugh. We pass through their supposed check points daily. They ask us to place our hands on our head as we pass through their check points. We even passed through their barricades as we came to see you here today. The soldiers just don’t know who they are looking for and that makes their task crazy.

So, where do we go from here?
Dialogue is the thing and not brute force. There has to be serious arrangements to change the ugly face of Ngwaland. My promise is that this struggle and war of good over evil will continue in many ways until the day our problems are addressed by government.

----- Culled from Vanguard

Did your group kidnap the school children?
One of the camps seized the bus conveying the children to their school. It was a private school. It attracted worldwide reaction and to this extent, it served its purpose. l personally found out the camp that carried out the operation and moved the kids for immediate release.
Government House, Umuahia, was impatient, despite my firm promise that the children would be released unharmed. Similarly, my lawyer mounted pressure on me. He threatened to abandon my brief if the school children were not released September 29, 2010.
Despite heavy military presence, I brought out the school children from the camp of the group that held them hostage and directly called the office of Abia State Deputy Governor and also through my lawyer, asked government to send people to Ngwa Iyiekwe Junction, along Aba_Port Harcourt express way to pick the children. That was how the children regained their freedom.
We were told that the soldiers rescued the children. Is your account not strange?

I was surprised to hear that the soldiers claimed credit for the release of the school children. I would have roundly dealt with the soldiers if that was the mission of my teeming followers. People should learn to tell Nigerians the truth at all times.
What truth are you now telling?

Geez, see as this animal is clamoring for recognition on the part he played in releasing the children HE kidnapped.

Intersting.

It is very simple. We know them but they do not know us. Recently, a photograph of my father was published as my own. I had a good laugh. We pass through their supposed check points daily. They ask us to place our hands on our head as we pass through their check points.

The worst thing that will happen is for this guy to be allowed to convert himself from the criminal he is to some kind of freedom fighter.

Ndigbo must stand up in rejection of this madness.

Who says Ngwaland need liberation from ordinary businessmen who have never been given handouts from any Government, men who worked their socks off to acquire lands, shops and run a successful business. Who says the way to fight a corrupt Government is to go about molesting ordinary small business owners who themselves are also victims of the same corrupt Government?

This same Osisikankwu was once in Massob, then he moved to MEND, now he wants to liberate Ngwaland from other Igbos. I don't know what will be next . . . . . maybe liberate Owazaland from the rest of Ngwa. Criminals like these will find any excuse to perpetuate crime.

It is for this simple reason I do not support any arm struggle whether they come in the shape of MASSOB, MEND, OPC or Boko Harram. For the simple reason that in the history of rebels around the world most often than not they usually turn around to hunt their own local community they initially set out or claimed to fight for.

Any Igbo that wants to struggle for anything should borrow a leaf from Ojukwu and take to politics. Ojukwu laid down arms many years ago and later ran for Senate in 1983. What we need in Igboland are more folks like Alex Samond from Scotland not people in the mould of laurent Nkunda of Congo. The WAR ENDED IN 1970, Ojukwu did what was necessary then to defend Igbos, but right now in 2010 the answer to most things is Politics.

In my view anybody taking up arms and are not members of the Armed Forces or any of the Nation's security outfit is a common criminal.

mikeansy:

The worst thing that will happen is for this guy to be allowed to convert himself from the criminal he is to some kind of freedom fighter.

Ndigbo must stand up in rejection of this madness.

Who says Ngwaland need liberation from ordinary businessmen who have never been given handouts from any Government, men who worked their socks off to acquire lands, shops and run a successful business. Who says the way to fight a corrupt Government is to go about molesting ordinary small business owners who themselves are also victims of the same corrupt Government?

This same Osisikankwu was once in Massob, then he moved to MEND, now he wants to liberate Ngwaland from other Igbos. I don't know what will be next . . . . . maybe liberate Owazaland from the rest of Ngwa. Criminals like these will find any excuse to perpetuate crime.

It is for this simple reason I do not support any arm struggle whether they come in the shape of MASSOB, MEND, OPC or Boko Harram. For the simple reason that in the history of rebels around the world most often than not they usually turn around to hunt their own local community they initially set out or claimed to fight for.

Any Igbo that wants to struggle for anything should borrow a leaf from Ojukwu and take to politics. Ojukwu laid down arms many years ago and later ran for Senate in 1983. What we need in Igboland are more folks like Alex Samond from Scotland not people in the mould of laurent Nkunda of Congo.

In my view anybody taking up arms and are not members of the Armed Forces or any of the Nation's security outfit is a common criminal.

i actually found that part quite funny.

mikeansy:

The worst thing that will happen is for this guy to be allowed to convert himself from the criminal he is to some kind of freedom fighter.

Ndigbo must stand up in rejection of this madness.

Who says Ngwaland need liberation from ordinary businessmen who have never been given handouts from any Government, men who worked their socks off to acquire lands, shops and run a successful business. Who says the way to fight a corrupt Government is to go about molesting ordinary small business owners who themselves are also victims of the same corrupt Government?

This same Osisikankwu was once in Massob, then he moved to MEND, now he wants to liberate Ngwaland from other Igbos. I don't know what will be next . . . . . maybe liberate Owazaland from the rest of Ngwa. Criminals like these will find any excuse to perpetuate crime.

It is for this simple reason I do not support any arm struggle whether they come in the shape of MASSOB, MEND, OPC or Boko Harram. For the simple reason that in the history of rebels around the world most often than not they usually turn around to hunt their own local community they initially set out or claimed to fight for.

Any Igbo that wants to struggle for anything should borrow a leaf from Ojukwu and take to politics. Ojukwu laid down arms many years ago and later ran for Senate in 1983. What we need in Igboland are more folks like Alex Samond from Scotland not people in the mould of laurent Nkunda of Congo. The WAR ENDED IN 1970, Ojukwu did what was necessary then to defend Igbos, but right now in 2010 the answer to most things is Politics.

In my view anybody taking up arms and are not members of the Armed Forces or any of the Nation's security outfit is a common criminal.

I agree 100%. I don't know why folks should pick up arms when they have not exhausted open discourse and politics. That is why I always take political positions and do some punditry. If we do what we need to do politically, there would be no need for any struggle at all. Struggle signify that you have failed politically, and I don't think it is possible to fail politically. I AM AN APGA man , and I believe that the party is the best hope for the Igbo man in Nigeria; whether an Ngwa, or Owaza or Onicha.

Onlytruth:

I agree 100%. I don't know why folks should pick up arms when they have not exhausted open discourse and politics. That is why I always take political positions and do some punditry. If we do what we need to do politically, there would be no need for any struggle at all. Struggle signify that you have failed politically, and I don't think it is possible to fail politically. I AM AN APGA man , and I believe that the party is the best hope for the Igbo man in Nigeria; whether an Ngwa, or Owaza or Onicha.

My brother don't mind the criminal called Osisikankwu and he still has the temerity to lecture the Army on diplomacy and dialogue as the solution to the crisis when it was he and his gang who was going house to house molesting landlords and raping their wives.

We all agree that the PDP Government is failing, why not mobilise your so called Loyal members to vote them out in 2011 and capture Umuahia Government House in 2011.

Criminals are simply trying to create an industry out of our common misfortune as a country and when they are confronted they carve out a base for themselves and start acting freedom fighters.

Osisi Ka Nkwu is a common criminal and should be treated as such - his trying to remould himself into a freedom fighter won't wash.

Ukwa people usually don't consider themselves to be part of Ngwa, so one wonders how he, an Ukwa man, can now turn around to claim he is fighting to 'liberate' Ngwa people. If this wasn't such a serious matter, at this point one would have started laughing out loud . . . and even rolling on the floor. . . at the thought of such an oaf, 'fighting' for Ngwa people! The new generation Ngwa are a lot more sophisticated and calculating than resorting to kidnapping and violence to empower themselves. And I am sure a lot of Ngwa people would be embarrased to the hilt by all this Osisi Ka Nkwu business!

The only 'liberation Ngwa people need - indeed the only liberation ALL indigenes of Abia state need - is from bad governance.

So there is a new type of "freedom fighter?" A "freedom fighter" that ra'pes, kidnaps, steals from and slaughters their own people!
Na wa!

Osisikankwu has failed in his bid to moralise his evil actions. The goat should be summarily shot when he is found.

More than anything, we need to rush the training of our anti-terrorist squads and modernise the police. Soldiers are not trained to do police work, that is why Osisikankwu is running rings around them.

hmm. . . Apparently, Osisi Ka Nkwu is not as illiterate as some people were asserting. Anyway, as much as I like and appreciate his zeal, I hate how he is going about it all. Then again, people do what they know best. Osisi Ka Nkwu is an established militant. There's no reason to believe that he wouldn't apply such a tactic to other situations he would encounter (Ngwaland as a case-in-point).

Aloy+Emeka:

Geez, see as this animal is clamoring for recognition on the part he played in releasing the children HE kidnapped.

He did not kidnap those children, Emeka. I've said it before. I've also told you guys that his group had long embraced the amnesty idea, they were only waiting for the date. Stone and the others were responsible for the last operations.

Ironic how someone can claim to be fighting against the Government by killing, raping and kidnapping the masses he claims to represent.

Hopefully this fellow and his sympathizers will be caught and made to face the firing squad ASAP.

bullshit! I found this very irritating he is fighting for the masses by raping them, killing them, extorting money from them e.t.c how many of the Governement people felt the impact of his criminality along Aba-PHC expressway, is it not the ordinary people I pray they get this idiot and summaryly executed and these bastards in the name of Bakassi handed over to the police!

why did the Moderator remove IDIOT from my write up, is that not a good qualification for this bastards

this is umya and gej's legacy

when umya started amnesty, he basically legalized terrorism

gej cemented it when he invited common criminals to aso rock for tea.

now we are all reaping the whirlwind.

slap1:

He did not kidnap those children, Emeka. I've said it before. I've also told you guys that his group had long embraced the amnesty idea, they were only waiting for the date. Stone and the others were responsible for the last operations.

Yes there is Oil in Ngwa as that has lately become a determinant of who gets amnesty and who does not.

But it will be unfortunate to grant this guy any kind of amnesty without having him submit himself to the law.

Let us not create a society where the only way you get heard is to engage in criminality and when you do you are now rewarded to keep quiet in the name of amnesty.

Government should be alive to its responsibility and that is all we all wish but this trend of Amnesty, I really do not know where it will stop. When are we going to draw a line in the sand and say criminality is criminality?

Ndigbo do not need an Ateke Tom, nor a Fara Dagogo, nor a Henry Okah, nor an Asari Dokubo.

Anybody who has information about Osisikankwu should pass it to the police or at least share the info on the internet so that this thief can be arrested.

Osisikankwu is simply a criminal attempting to justify and legitimize his crimes with manipulation methods perfected by our political class.  When backed against the wall, criminals of the likes of Ibori, Atiku, Kalu, Tinubu etc would quickly have us beieve they are fighting our corners. That they are victims of political persecution for thier 'conscientious objections'. We should be so lucky. My people, Nigeria is simply one large theatre of the absurd where criminals and blood thirsty warlords are kings!

Sadly, eliminating Osisikankwu will achieve nothing. The root cause of this criminality must be addressed,  and examples made of our political leaders who continuously dis-enfranchise the people they are meant to serve. This should send a strong, unequivocal message that criminality, under any guise and for whatever concieved purpose, will never go un-punished.

I really have to comment on this Ngwa man. You see ChinenyeN does not have a problem with the man's "zeal" for the Ngwa. I telling you, soon the Ngwa will start to act like the Ikwerre. Mark my words. I know these people very well. Oil was found in their region, and now they are singing another tune. Soon we will not have anybody who consider themselves Igbo, but a conglomerate of different clans who speak the same language. These elements within Ngwa society must be dealt with. How can you go from supporting MEND to MASSOB and now you want Ngwa emancipation from fellow Igbos? This is highly upsetting for me.

^^^^^^

There is a universal lesson for all. Never support any armed group that is not an organised Army; they usually turn around to hunt their own people.

Osisikankwu is a lesson in case, he was in Uwazurike's Massob.

BokoHaram is currently busy killing Moderate Muslim Sheiks in Borno and Bauchi

MEND are now at risk of bringing down an Ijaw man's Presidency. You can loose sleep over real and fake MEND all you like but all of these are a fall out of the lawlessness that ensued in the ND.

It is possible to have other forms of civil disobedience to bring down a Government or change some policies without enthroning criminals as Freedom Fighters.

It is a lesson for all.

EzeUche0:

I really have to comment on this Ngwa man. You see ChinenyeN does not have a problem with the man's "zeal" for the Ngwa. I telling you, soon the Ngwa will start to act like the Ikwerre. Mark my words. I know these people very well. Oil was found in their region, and now they are singing another tune. Soon we will not have anybody who consider themselves Igbo, but a conglomerate of different clans who speak the same language relatedly. These elements within Ngwa society must be dealt with. How can you go from supporting MEND to MASSOB and now you want Ngwa emancipation from fellow Igbos? This is highly upsetting for me.

You're way off the mark, regarding the bolded. Just saying.

Bikonu whats it with this Amnesty thing in Nigeria?
Who is talking amnesty with Osisikanku?He is a criminal and shld be made to face the full wrath of the law.His silly excuses are so annoying,fighting to liberate indeed.

so now we all hsd start forming gangs and unleashing terror or citizens so that the govt can hear us

wahala don shele for this country

den never kill this guy yet?

mikeansy:

^^^^^^

There is a universal lesson for all. Never support any armed group that is not an organised Army; they usually turn around to hunt their own people.

Osisikankwu is a lesson in case, he was in Uwazurike's Massob.

BokoHaram is currently busy killing Moderate Muslim Sheiks in Borno and Bauchi

MEND are now at risk of bringing down an Ijaw man's Presidency. You can loose sleep over real and fake MEND all you like but all of these are a fall out of the lawlessness that ensued in the ND.

It is possible to have other forms of civil disobedience to bring down a Government or change some policies without enthroning criminals as Freedom Fighters.

It is a lesson for all.

Spot on.

When you start a militia, You only know the beginning, You cant know the end. Even the offshoots might end up being out of control

dayokanu:

Spot on.

When you start a militia, You only know the beginning, You cant know the end. Even the offshoots might end up being out of control

mikeansy:

^^^^^^

There is a universal lesson for all. Never support any armed group that is not an organised Army; they usually turn around to hunt their own people.

Osisikankwu is a lesson in case, he was in Uwazurike's Massob.

BokoHaram is currently busy killing Moderate Muslim Sheiks in Borno and Bauchi

MEND are now at risk of bringing down an Ijaw man's Presidency. You can loose sleep over real and fake MEND all you like but all of these are a fall out of the lawlessness that ensued in the ND.

It is possible to have other forms of civil disobedience to bring down a Government or change some policies without enthroning criminals as Freedom Fighters.

It is a lesson for all.

This is exactly how the ND militancy started.
you start a fire you cannot quench.
When politicians were arming criminals for myopic political ends they thought they were being smart, almost a decade after it started the monster has grown bigger than its creators, irrespective of various looting schemes (JTF, Amnesty etc).
People who live outside the shores of ND defend bare faced criminality and call it militancy yet the masses in ND live in fear of kidnapping and gun fire every waking minute.
You only need to realise that the fatalities of these criminal acts that make it to the media are only a fraction of what is happening (do you know how many doctors have been kidnapped in PH recently? ).
The next thing, this killer will be fully transformed into a freedom fighter and be recruited by one blood thirsty politician and the orgy of violence and criminality will spiral beyond even the control of our inept and politicised security agencies.
I hope someone kills this man soon and that the media refuse to listen to him in the interim.
granting publicity to the likes of Asari, Boyloaf and Ateke Tom is a major reason why criminality masquerading as militancy is still thriving.

We must elect a govt that has the moral and political will to deal with this monster before it consumes us all.

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mikeansy:

The worst thing that will happen is for this guy to be allowed to convert himself from the criminal he is to some kind of freedom fighter.

Same thing happened with the Niger Delta militant. Anybody noticed they are now done with kidnapping?
They are now a terror group. Ignore them and that is what you will get.