By Kenneth Onuoha
365Daily – A suspected bandit, Mbam Jude, a native of Onuebonyi in Izzi LGA of Ebonyi State, has said he razed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office because of alleged marginalisation of Igbos in the country.
Mbam confessed that he joined a group of people to set the INEC office on fire to also protest the alleged denial of the Southeast geopolitical zone to produce the next President of Nigeria.
The suspect, who is in the police net, said he is annoyed that the northern leaders allegedly refused to consider the zoning formula, which according to him, would have paved way for the southeast to produce the next President.
The suspect made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen at the Police Command Headquarters in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, on Friday, June 25, 2021.
Recall that the Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, CP. Aliyu Garba, had said he arrested over fifty (50) suspected bandits who were terrorising citizens and wreaking havoc in the state.
However, Mbam denied involvement in the killings of security personnel and the destruction of police stations in the state.
According to him: “I have never involved myself in any attack because I’m busy doing my business and I don’t like people that kill someone, even though I have not seen them (attackers) in my side.
“But what I did is that I joined my group on the day they said we should go and burn INEC office that the northerners are not giving the Igbos their right.
“They said that they will give David Umahi the opportunity to become the President, at a time they said it is Vice President but now they said no Igbo man or any leader in the south-east geopolitical zone will become the President.
“They are even not considering zoning formula and that’s why I decided to join in setting ablaze the INEC office,” the suspect said.