Boko Haram Suspect’s Escape: Oritsejafor Wants Police CP Prosecuted

National President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ayo Oritsejafor has called for the immediate prosecution of the Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu under whose custody the suspected Boko Haram mastermind of the Christmas Day Bombing, Kabiru Sokoto, escaped.

Oritsejafor, who was shocked over the development, recommended that Biu should be given an ultimatum to produce the fleeing of suspect, failure which he and all his co-travellers should be prosecuted according to the nation’s laws.

“Everybody remotely linked to this national embarrassment should be brought before a court of competent jurisdiction and tried in accordance with the nation’s statutes,” he said.

Oritsejafor stated that the suspension of the Police commissioner should only be a prelude to proper investigation or judicial inquiry and proper arraignment before the law court, arguing that retiring them would not be enough.

“That is the only way this nation can assuage and compensate the families of all those who lost their lives in the Christmas Day bombings and all other mindless attempts to annihilate Christians in different parts of the North,” he said.

He described as shameful that the main suspects in the bombing escaped from police custody, saying that the purported escape of the sponsor of the killing of over 40 Christian worshippers at the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State was a sad reflection of what the leadership of Christians in the country has been drawing attention to in the last couple of years.

“It’s a shame! It’s sad! It’s sad that those in charge of the nation’s security are making a mockery of the nation and inadvertently bringing the entire nation to disrepute among the comity of nations.

“Did the man really escape or he was aided to escape justice by those who should prosecute him? Doesn’t this vividly confirm what has been said by an American whistle blower, Wikileaks? Does this not also confirm what we have been saying that there is a grand design by a certain group to Islamise the nation?

“I wonder everyday why Nigeria doesn’t like the truth. When we say the truth, they say we’re heating up the polity. When we say some of these things we are labelled enemies of the nation. So, it’s just okay to pretend that all is well and there is nothing wrong.

“But sooner or later, these things explode on our faces and nobody is courageous enough to voice the truth. Why? And we all pretend to be building blocks of unity,” he stated.

According to him, “when this man was arrested in the Borno State Liaison office in Abuja, he was said to be in company of a serving military officer who actually escorted him from Kaduna to Abuja. Where is that military officer now? Has he also escaped custody?” he asked.

—Kazeem Ugbodaga