Omokri said: “The 21-year-old Gloria Okolie has been re-arrested by the Nigerian Police on suspicion of being an IPOB spy. So, why haven’t the Police arrested Sheikh Gumi, a man who knows the whereabouts of terrorists, regularly meets with them, and advocates for their interests?”
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
A former aide on social media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has criticised the rearrest of Gloria Okolie, the 21-year-old accused of being a spy for the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
The 21-year-old Gloria Okolie regained freedom on March 23 after police snubbed several petitions, including a court ruling seeking her release from illegal detention.
Barely five days after Okolie perfected the bail conditions that approved her release after spending nine months in illegal police detention, she was re-arrested in Imo State by the police.
According to a report by Sahara Reporters, Okolie was re-arrested when she went to her bank branch in Owerri to withdraw some of her money.
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Quoting a source, the online newspaper said: “The NPF through the Imo State Police Command, through the DPO of Shell Police Station, rearrested Okolie, who was only granted bail out of Suleja Prison last week.
“When we reached the police spokesperson on phone, he said Okolie was arrested because she went to her Owerri bank to withdraw money after it was flagged down by the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Unit before her arrest and eventual bail.”
The re-arrest of Okolie has sparked outrage with Nigerians wondering why controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, walks free despite having access to bandits’ hideouts and speaking on their behalf despite their genocidal crimes against Nigerians, while the 21-year-old Okolie is being traumatized by the police for being a friend to an alleged IPOB member.
Omokri, in a tweet, said: “The 21-year-old Gloria Okolie has been re-arrested by the Nigerian Police on suspicion of being an IPOB spy. So, why haven’t the Police arrested Sheikh Gumi, a man who knows the whereabouts of terrorists, regularly meets with them, and advocates for their interests?”