The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has kicked against the re-instatement of Zakar iBiu, a former Police Commissioner, by the Police Service Commission (PSC).
Biu was dismissed from the service in 2012 following the controversial escape of Boko Haram mastermind, Kabiru Sotoko from detention.
In a statement, signed by its National President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the group said: “The decision of the PSC was against all known norms and true justice.
“It leaves one to keep wondering if the life of the 44 worshipers who were killed in a bomb attack masterminded by Sokoto at the St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, is now less important to the new administration.
“Our stand is that whoever authorized this anti-people decision is promoting ethnic interest against national interest.We call on Mr. President to rise up to the occasion and show that indeed he belongs to everybody and not to the North by prevailing on the PSC to reverse that decision.”
The group also demanded an unreserved apology from human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo for “describing the Ndigbo as noise makers for complaining about federal appointments.
“Ordinarily, we would not have joined issues with Keyamo, since doing so will dignify him. But we only want to advise him to thread with caution over his remarks on issues affecting the Igbo nation. It is a pity that a lawyer like Keyamo who should know better has decided to see nothing wrong with the deliberate exclusion of a whole geopolitical zone from the over 30 key political appointments so far made by Buhari since he came on board.”