The National Taskforce on Illegal Importation of Small Arms, Ammunition and Light Weapons, (NATFORCE), has petitioned President Muhammadu Buahri over alleged frustration of the war against small arms into the country by the chairman Police Service Commission (PSC), Sir Mike Okiro and allies of embattled ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki.
NATFORCE Plateau State Command
In a petition to Buhari entitled: Request for release of signal to NATFORCE, signed by director general of the Taskforce, Chief Emmanuel Okereke, alleged that Okiro and the accomplices of Sambo Dasuki, have continued to influence the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, from authorising a signal for NATFORCE to operate effectively.
The statement read in part: “Due to the sensitive and high-risk nature of our job, a little over three months ago, we applied to the Inspector General of Police for signal to enable us carry out our duties effectively.
“However, till date we are yet to receive any positive response from the Inspector General of Police, this has frustrated our action and efforts in combating illegal arms circulating in Nigeria.
“Surprisingly, we have been reliably informed that the chairman of Police Service Commission (PSC) has been frustrating our request. As such we are at a loss as to why a public servant who earns from the Federal Government should be sabotaging the efforts of the government he claims to be serving.”
Okereke further stated that as part of plans to frustrate a body duly recognised by government, Okiro and his accomplices, which include one Ms. Udeaku Obioha, have sponsored a parallel executive headed by a one Gilbert Bravo Obi, to discredit the activities of NATFORCE.
He appealed to the president to investigate the activities of these accomplices, which include Gilbert Bravo Obi, one Brigadier Jackson Bent, and Dr. Ralph John, noting that “they will provide further details of what businesses they handled in the office of the NSA in the last administration as well as impersonation of officials of the NATFORCE”.
By Chizoba Ogbeche/photos by Martins
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