The governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Dr Kayode Egbetokun, and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, to initiate an immediate arrest and prosecution of the President of the Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa, Olorogun Ese Kakor, over alleged forgery of official state government documents.
In the petition, the governor accused Kakor of forging government documents, which falsely claimed that he had been authorised to provide assistance to schools in Edo South Senatorial District.
The act, Governor Okpebholo said, was not only fraudulent, but a direct assault on the integrity of the state administrative processes.
In a statement by Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary, the governor, who described the act as criminal and deceitful, said the alleged forgery was carried out in connivance with certain low-level civil servants within the state bureaucracy.
He noted that those civil servants implicated in the forgery had already been identified and taken into custody, with a police investigation underway to determine their level of culpability.
Governor Okpebholo vowed that all those found culpable would be prosecuted in accordance with the law.
Governor Okpebholo further stated that the land title on which the NBM headquarters was erected in Edo State had been revoked, citing the organisation’s alleged involvement in violent crimes and unlawful activities within the state.
The governor urged both the Nigeria Police Force and the DSS to intensify their efforts in curbing the operations of groups allegedly involved in criminality and to ensure that those responsible for these acts are brought to justice.
