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Olugbemi. Adeyinka Ogunleye
2 weeks ago
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Okpebholo calls for Neo Black Movement president's arrest
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Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, to initiate the immediate arrest and prosecution of the President of the Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa, Olorogun Ese Kakor, over the alleged forgery of official state government documents.
Chief Press Secretary to the Edo State Governor, Fred Itua, disclosed this in a signed statement yesterday. In the petition, the governor accused Kakor of forging government documents, which falsely claimed to authorise him to assist schools in Edo South Senatorial District. He said the act was fraudulent and a direct assault on the integrity of the state’s administrative processes.
The governor described the act as criminal and deceitful and said the alleged forgery was carried out in connivance with certain low-level civil servants within the state bureaucracy.
He noted that those civil servants implicated in the forgery have already been identified and taken into custody, and that a police investigation is underway to determine their level of culpability.
Okpebholo vowed that all those found culpable would be prosecuted under the law. He further insisted that the land title on which the NBM headquarter was erected in Edo State has been revoked, citing the organisation’s alleged involvement in violent crimes and unlawful activities within the state.
The governor urged the Nigeria Police Force and the DSS to intensify their efforts in curbing the operations of groups allegedly involved in criminality and ensure that those responsible for these acts are brought to justice.
More: https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/edo-governor-seeks-arrest-of-neo-black-movement-president-ese-kakor/
