APC Queries Obiano over N27m on 'helicopter show', accuses him of playing Ostrich on Onitsha Biafra killings

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano of failure to protect the lives of citizens in the state, especially the unarmed peaceful protesters recently killed by members of the Joint Task Force in Onitsha.
In a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Okelo Madukaife, the APC which called on the governor to explain his involvement in the killings, also said the government should stop killing kidnap suspects or destroying their properties before their trial.
“The governor will have to do more to explain successfully, his involvement or otherwise in the killing of demonstrators in Anambra State because he has failed to do his primary duty of protecting life and ensuring justice for Anambra Citizens.
“As a party we had sternly warned Gov Obiano and his All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)-controlled government against killing or destroying the properties of suspected kidnappers in the state before proper trial and conviction, but they chose the illegal path of crudely uprooting suspects from their house, demolishing the properties and in some cases, aiding the extra-judicial handling of their cases in collaboration with the Police in the state.

“At that time, it was convenient for Obiano to take credit for these acts as part of his own political expediency of solving the security challenge of Anambra State; an item exclusively in the manifesto of the APC which detail did not entail throwing away justice in Anambra State through the back door.

“How then can Obiano say that he should be counted out of a top security matter concerning Anambra State as reported by The AUTHORITY Newspaper, while answering to accusations that he ordered the killing of demonstrators protesting the detention of Nnamdi Kanu of ‘Radio Biafra’.
“We know that Anambra State is not the first State in Nigeria to witness demonstrations, but it is in Anambra State that a Police contingent led by a sergeant ordered citizen of both sexes, all ages, creeds and climes to raise their hands in the air while carrying out their daily activities, under the watch of a governor, the APC said.
The party urged Gov Obiano to mend his ways and return justice to Anambra State as a matter of priority, while explaining his role in the killing of Anambra citizens, and what action he has taken since these incidents as the Chief Security Officer of the State.