Barely 24 hours after his retirement as inspector-
general of the Nigerian police, Solomon Arase has
been declared wanted by the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB).
arrest him wherever and whenever he is found.
The leadership of the Biafra agitators asked that its
members should closely monitor his movements
and whereabouts so that his arrest could be easily
facilitated.
IPOB plans to arraign Arase at the International
Criminal Court (ICC) as soon as an international
bench warrant is issued for his arrest.
Criminal Court (ICC) as soon as an international
bench warrant is issued for his arrest.
Vanguard reports that IPOB is keeping this 24-hour
surveillance on Arase’s movements because he
allegedly presided over the extra-judicial killings of
over 1,000 Biafrans between July, 2015 and May
30, 2016.
A statement signed by spokesman to IPOB, Dr
Clifford Iroegbu, directed that Arase’s whereabouts
must be strictly monitored and information on this
should be made available to the organisation’s
headquarters in Victoria, Spain.
“It is very important to keep a record of his
movements so that when the ICC finally issues the
long-awaited international warrant order for his
arrest, it will be easy to locate, apprehend, handcuff
and fly him to the Hague for prosecution at the ICC.
“If anyone happens to see him fleeing the country,
please make calls to alert IPOB officials.
“For those who do not know the atrocious crimes
committed by him (Arase), we have posted two of
his pictures and the pictures of some of the victims
he shot dead because we believe that pictures speak
more than a thousand words,” IPOB said.
The organisation had also recently hit hard at
governors in the south-eastern part of Nigeria
calling them traitors for visiting President
Muhammadu Buhari a day after some of its
members were allegedly massacred.
