Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, has been witnessing palpable tension within the last few days following speculations that the Boko Haram prisoners removed from Ekwulobia Prison in Anambra State have been taken to Abakaliki Prison. While residents of the town were already preparing to carry out demonstrations over the alleged relocation of the 47 insurgency suspects, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has swiftly dispelled the rumour adding that there is even no plan in sight for the deposition of the dreaded suspects in Ebonyi State. According to him “I received a text message shortly after I returned to Abakaliki from my trip to Israel that Boko Haram suspects previously relocated to Ekwulobia Prison in Anambra State have been relocated to Abakaliki Prison.
“Immediately I got the text message, I made some calls and I can tell you authoritatively that Boko Haram suspects were not relocated to Abakaliki and there are no plans for such relocation. Ebonyi State is not yet ripe to accommodate such high caliber of prison inmates,” he clarified.
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