The immediate past Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdul-Rahman Dambazau (rtd), has on Friday said the O’odua People’s Congress (OPC) and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are extremist groups like Boko Haram.
Dambazau gave this assessment while delivering a lecture to participants of course 5/2021 at Army War College in Abuja.
According to Dambazau, both groups are being sponsored by proponents of neo-extremism who are hellbent on dividing the country.
Dambazau said the Police have a critical role to play in quelling recent agitations across the country, “instead of leaving everything for the military”.
“The two groups have been making efforts to ignite nationwide inter-ethnic conflicts through their violent attacks on northern residents or transacting businesses in the south as a quick way to realise their dream for a divided Nigeria.
“We see parallels between Boko Haram and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) both ethnic extremist groups. All the three groups operate on the platform of extremism,” Dambazau said.
The Commandant, Army War College Nigeria, Maj.-Gen. Solomon Udounwa said the course had 62 participants from the armed forces and other security agencies. Three other participants were sent to attend by the allied countries of Togo, Liberia and Congo.
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