FROM IKHILI EBALU, BENIN CITY
Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo has called on the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, 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 Neo Black Movement of Africa, Olorogun Ese Kakor, over alleged forgery of official state government documents.
In the petition, the governor accused Kakor of forging government documents, which falsely claimed that he was given authorisation to provide assistance to schools in Edo South Senatorial District. The act, he said, was not only fraudulent, but a direct assault on the integrity of the state’s administrative processes.
The governor, who described the act as criminal and deceitful, said the alleged forgery was carried out in connivance with certain low-level civil servants within the state bureaucracy.
Aljazirah Nigeria recalls that, the Edo State government on Monday said it has commenced the necessary legal consultations towards taking a decisive legal action against the Neo Black Movement, also known as Black Axe, over the recent spate of killings and cult-related violence.
This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okpebholo, Fred Itua.
He noted that those civil servants implicated in the forgery have already been identified and taken into custody, and a police investigation is currently underway to determine their level of culpability.
Okpebholo vowed that all those found culpable would be prosecuted by the law.
He said, “As Edo State governor, I am calling on the IGP and the director-general of DSS, to initiate the immediate arrest and prosecution of Kakor over alleged forgery of official state government documents.
“Those civil servants implicated in the forgery have already been identified and taken into custody, and a police investigation is currently underway to determine their level of culpability. All those found culpable would be prosecuted by the law.”
Okpebholo insisted that the land title on which the NBM headquarters was erected in Edo State has been revoked, citing the organisation’s alleged involvement in violent crimes and unlawful activities within the state.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 to ensure that those responsible for these acts are brought to justice.
