A group, Eziogu
Clan of Ebiraland, has backed the ex-chairman of Okene Local Government
Area, Yahaya Karaku, arrested by security agents in the wake of the
Okene church killings last August.
The group made this known in a communiqué at the end of its meeting in Kano on Sunday.
In the communique signed by its President-General,
Alhaji Zubairu Abdullah, the group alleged that the attempt to indict
the former chairman was politically-motivated.
The group noted that some mischief makers and fortune
seekers were trying to use the incident to settle some political
differences.
Part of the communique read, “Notable Ebira elite
have constituted a baseline for false allegation against Yahaya Karaku
in an attempt to douse his rising political profile in Kogi State.
“The scenario today is the glaring and unjustified
hatred visited on the clan through lies and deceit, while those involved
in the ‘pull-him-down’ game left little or no room for security agents
to conduct robust investigations.”
Meanwhile, the group has commended the
Inspector-General of Police for deploying professionals in getting to
the roots of the matter.
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