A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Apapo O’odua Koya, (AOKOYA), has alleged that dozens of Yoruba and Igbo youths were about being framed up by the police high command with kidnappings. It claimed that the force was deploying its covert code-name ‘Operation Stealth’ in cahoots with other security agencies to set up several people of Yoruba origin on the allegation that they were involved in the abductions within the South West region

In a statement by its Secretary for Strategy, Col. Abimbola Sowunmi (rtd), and Deputy Secretary for Publicity, Ismail Abiodun, the body claimed that the plan was being coordinated from the force headquarters in Abuja under a deputy commissioner of police from Kano State.

Reacting, Force Public Relations Officer DCP Frank Mba, debunked the claim, pointing out that his organisation was made up of some of the best and finest Nigerians and remained a Pan Nigeria agency saddled with the task of protecting the citizens irrespective of tribes, religions and political affiliations. “Our loyalty is to the constitution, laws and people of Nigeria. We do not profile criminals on the basis of where they come from but the evidence against them,” he stated.

•Excerpted from a report by The Guardian