Ex-Naval Officer Olawunmi Not Declared Wanted – Defence Headquarters

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has denied reports that it declared a former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi wanted over a recent interview he had on Channels Television.

ABN TV earlier reported that Olawunmi’s interview with Channels TV caused a lot of controversies as he revealed that there was a lan by some people currently in Power to islamize Nigeria.

He also alleged that some government officials were involved in sponsoring insurgency.

“You remember this Boko Haram issue started in 2012 and I was in the military intelligence at that time. We arrested those people. My organisation actually conducted interrogation and they (suspects) mentioned names,”.

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“I can’t come on air and start mentioning names of people that are presently in government that I know that the boys that we arrested mentioned. Some of them are governors now, some of them are in the senate, some of them are in Aso Rock.”

However, on Saturday morning, reports went viral that he was declared wanted by the DHQ for questioning.

The DHQ, reacting through its spokesperson, Benjamin Sawyerr, denied the reports.

“There is nothing like that. There is no time that the DIA ordered the arrest of the naval officer. He went on Channels Television and said a lot of things. So, someone in intelligence called him and asked him to come on Tuesday and share his information,”

“The military does not issue a warrant of arrest. Only a court can order an arrest. The former officer spent a lot of time at the interview. If they wanted to arrest him, they would have done so.”, he said.