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Sowore Lambasts Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) For ‘Inviting’ Retired Commodore Olawunmi Over Information That Is Everywhere

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Sowore Lambasts Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) For ‘Inviting’ Retired Commodore Olawunmi Over Information That Is Everywhere

Human rights’ activist, Omoyele Sowore, has knocked the Defence Intelligence Company for claiming it solely invited a former Nigerian Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, and didn’t declare him needed.

 

Sowore famous that the DIA by its delicate technique had uncovered its inefficiency by inviting a retired navy officer to provide them info on bandits and terrorists that was in every single place.

 

Press Informant had earlier reported that the DIA confirmed report that it declared Olawunmi, needed for exposing in an interview how the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration didn’t probe excessive profile politicians whom Boko Haram terrorists named as their sponsors.

 

The DIA had stated in a shallow assertion that it solely invited Olawunmi to its headquarters in a ”textual content message to come back over as a retired navy officer to shed extra lights with the data that will help the AFN to additional combat towards terrorism, insurgency and banditry.”

 

In his response, Sowore stated, “They’ve now downgraded from WANTED to “INVITE” to Retired Naval Commodre Kunle Olawunmi however that is nonetheless a part of their ways and technique. That they had your entire Channels Tv anchors of Dawn Every day taken from Lagos and Abuja to Asokoro Villa over one interview and grilled all day lengthy at NBC, now inviting the person interviewed to come and tell you what you already know. #RevolutionNow.”

 

Press Informant had final Wednesday reported that Olawunmi spoke when he featured on Channels Tv’s ‘Dawn Every day’ breakfast programme.

 

He had condemned Tuesday’s assault by bloodthirsty bandits on the Kaduna campus of Nigeria’s foremost navy college, the Nigerian Defence Academy, the place two navy officers had been killed and one other kidnapped.

 

The Professor of World Safety Research had famous that he was a member of the Intelligence Temporary on the Defence Headquarters through the management of the then Chief of Defence Employees, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin (retd.).

 

The intelligence skilled stated he advised the then CDS that the centre of gravity of the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the North-East and spreading to other components of Nigeria was the sponsor.

 

“I advised Normal Olonisakin then that the centre of this drawback can’t be solved the identical means we solved the issue of the Niger Delta. The Niger Delta drawback was solved throughout (Ex-President Umaru) Yar’adua principally by me and I advised them that we will’t use that very same template for Boko Haram.

 

“I advised Normal Olonisakin to take a look at the centre of gravity of the issue. I used to be made a member of the committee in 2016-2017 together with former Chief of Military Employees, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru that died.

 

“I advised them that the centre of gravity of Boko Haram in Nigeria is the sponsors of the programme. It was past us as a result of the job we wanted to do was kinetic however we can not resolve the problems of sponsors of Boko Haram that had been in Buhari’s authorities that we all know them. That was why we couldn’t pursue that side that would have resolved the problem as a result of we have to arrest folks.

 

“Not too long ago, 400 folks had been gathered as sponsors of Boko Haram, why is it that the Buhari authorities has refused to attempt them? Why can’t this authorities carry them to trial if not that they’re partisan and a part of the charade that is occurring?

 

“You keep in mind this Boko Haram challenge began in 2012 and I used to be within the navy intelligence at the moment. We arrested these folks. My organisation performed interrogation and so they (suspects) talked about names. I can’t come on air and begin mentioning names of people that are presently in government that I do know that the boys that we arrested talked about. A few of them are governors now, a few of them are within the Senate, a few of them are in Aso Rock.

 

“Why ought to a authorities determine to trigger this sort of embarrassment and insecurity to the sense of what occurred yesterday (Tuesday on the NDA)?”

 

Olawunmi had additionally stated that the Division of State Companies had large info on terrorists however they might not do something besides by the physique language of the Commander-In-Chief.