The All Progressive Congress, APC South-east geopolitical zone have debunked rumours that President Muhammadu Buhari plans to relocate suspected Boko Haram detainees to Ekwulobia Prison in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State after massive protests in the state.
According to The Vanguard, rumours emanated recently from unidentified sources that the Federal Government was planning to transfer suspected Boko Haram detainees to Ekwulobia Prison in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State from their northern base.
This development was greeted with massive protest from the indigenes of Anambra state who saw it as a threat to the security of their lives and properties. All commercial activities in the state were reportedly crippled due to the massive protest.
This prompted the All Progressives Congress, APC, South-East geopolitical zone, to debunk the rumours describing it as ,”blatant falsehood”
APC, South-East,Mr. Osita Okechukwu in a statement said, "We wish to state categorically that the rumour making the rounds that Boko Haram detainees will be transferred to Anambra State or any other state for that matter is blatant falsehood.
“We have made contacts with the Presidency, Nigeria Prison Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs and they have assured us that there is no iota of truth in the mischievous rumour.
“In the clarification, Nigeria Prison Service stated unequivocally that, ‘most of the terror suspects are awaiting trial and so there is no way they can be moved to another state, because they must be tried in the state where they committed the crime’.
“They went further to state that their primary and traditional duty is to move detainees from prison to trial courts adding that moving high profile suspects from a distance more than 1000 kilometers from Maiduguri to Onitsha will be near to very difficult.”