I Am Too Busy To Plot Nnamdi Kanu’s Re-Arrest, Minister Ngige Slams IPOB’s Accusations

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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has denied involvement in a rumoured plot that allegedly led to the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Ngige said that as the Chief Labour Officer, he lacked the time to meddle into security and diplomatic matters, which clearly fall within the mandate of the Nigerian Security and National Intelligence Agencies.

IPOB had on Thursday in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, accused the Minister, alongside the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano and Rivers State’s Governor, Nyesom Wike, as part of an alleged plot to capture Kanu in order to protect their political interests.

However, in a statement by his Media Office in Abuja on Saturday, Ngige described the attempt to link him with the arrest of Kanu as “deceitful, mischievous, malicious and wicked.”

He said as the Chief Labour Officer, he lacked the time to meddle into security and diplomatic matters, which clearly fall within the mandate of the Nigerian Security and National Intelligence Agencies.

The Minister said IPOB and its spokesperson know him very well as a man who calls “a spade a spade” and has no room for “equivocation or speaking from both sides of the mouth” since his days as Governor in Anambra State.

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