The Federal Government has
declared a former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, wanted over his revelations
on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme last Wednesday.
He had claimed Boko Haram
terrorists mentioned names of current governors, senators and Aso Rock
officials as sponsors during interrogation but the President, Major General
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has demonstrated an unwillingness to go after the
high-profile politicians for reasons best known to him.
Olawunmi, a Professor of Global
Security Studies, had said, “You remember this Boko Haram issue started in 2012
and I was in the military intelligence at that time. We arrested those people.
My organisation actually conducted interrogation and they (suspects) mentioned
names. I can’t come on air and start mentioning names of people that are
presently in government that I know that the boys that we arrested mentioned.
Some of them are governors now, some of them are in the Senate, some of them
are in Aso Rock.
“Why should a government decide
to cause this kind of embarrassment and insecurity to the sense of what
happened yesterday (Tuesday attack on
Nigerian Defence Academy)?” he queried, adding that terrorist financiers
want to turn Nigeria to a Taliban type of country.
It was gathered from competent
sources that the intelligence agencies including the Department of State
Services and the Defence Intelligence Agency have since launched a manhunt for
Olawunmi.
When contacted, DIA spokesperson,
Major Afolashade Ojolowo, said he has been on leave and could not confirm the
development.
Recall that the National
Broadcasting Commission summoned Channels Television anchors including
Chamberlain Usoh and Kayode Okikiolu over alleged anti-Buhari comments made by
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on the programme on Tuesday.
Ortom had said he was
disappointed with the way the Presidency is handling the nation’s security
challenges.
Recall that NBC queried Channels Television over the “inciting, divisive and
unfair comments” made by Ortom on the programme on Tuesday and moved to
sanction the television station.
The NBC had in May slammed a fine
of N5million each on Channels TV and Inspiration FM Lagos for alleged
infractions of the broadcasting code.
Channels TV had featured the
spokesperson for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Emma Powerful, on
its ‘Politics Today’ programme.
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