The Nigerian Christian population is fast disappearing from security and paramilitary establishments, according to figures released by frontline rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety).

A statement released on Sunday in Onitsha by the group showed “the present patterns and trends of gross lopsidedness in key appointments made since June 2015 by the current central Government of Muhammadu Buhari into the country’s top 21 security and paramilitary establishments.”

Statistics release by Intersociety showed the South-East to be the worst hit in the said lopsided appointments, entirely excluded in some cases.

Entitled ‘Table Statistics Of Lopsided Appointments In Security & Paramilitary Establishments-Fuelling Fulani Jihadism And Regime Aided Killings In Nigeria’, the statement was signed by Intersociety’s Board Chairman Emeka Umeagbalasi; Head, Civil Liberties & Rule of Law Programme, Barr Obianuju Joy Igboeli; Head, Democracy & Good Governance Programme, Barr Chinwe Umeche; and Head, Public Security & Safety Programme, Barr Jacinta Ezinwanne.

Intersociety blamed the overwhelming dominance of the Muslim North for the country’s worsening security situation, especially the reign of terror by violent Fulani herdsmen in parts of the country.

The statement reads in part: “It is recalled that we had in our last public statement, dated 14^th March 2018 and titled: Government False Labeling and Lopsided Security Appointments Fuel and Escalate Janjaweed Jihadism in Nigeria; informed that lopsided appointments in security and paramilitary establishments in Nigeria particularly since June 2015 have largely been responsible for intensification and escalation of the ongoing killing spree mostly, if not all targeted at non Muslims particularly members of the Christian faith in Nigeria or any part thereof. We also rejected in totality the false labeling by the present central Government of Muhammadu Buhari and its mainstream media apologists of the killings as “Fulani Herdsmen/Farmers clashes”.

“In furtherance of our intellectual, investigative and research capacity and frontiers, we have gone further by presenting below the Table Statistics and their analytical simplifications showing the present patterns and trends of gross lopsidedness in key appointments made since June 2015 by the current central Government of Muhammadu Buhari into the country’s top 21 security and paramilitary establishments. Presented too in the analytical table statistics are ethno-religious domination of the headship of Nigeria Police Force’s 29 serving AIGs, 12 Zonal Command AIGs and 37 State and FCT CPs as well as another table showing the domination of most of the key military formations in Southeast Nigeria by officers of Northern Muslim backgrounds.

“As all may know; the internal security of Nigeria or traditional security of persons and properties within the country are conventionally, constitutionally and legally entrusted in the hands of the Nigeria Police Force. Owing to multi pluralistic composition of Nigeria as a country of 389 tribes with dominant three and multi religious setting-largely populated by Christians and Muslims; the old Nigerian Constitutions and its subsisting 1999 Constitution forbade and still forbid State actors from entrusting the security of the country in the hands of members of a particular ethnic or religious group.

“This is to ensure, among other things, the feeling of security and security proper among all Nigerians irrespective of tribe, ethnicity, religion or gender. This is more so when the country is acutely divided along ethno-religious lines and embedded with deepened signs of divided society. It remains our firm position that any effort at tackling the current ceaseless killings or butcheries and insecurity and other unsafe conditions; without total restructuring and reversal of the present gross lopsided security and paramilitary compositions in the country in accordance with Section 14 (3) of the subsisting Constitution will be grossly counterproductive or tantamount to fire brigade approach.

“In the area of composition and leadership of the Nigeria Police Force, for instance, it is saddled with a top management team called “the Nigeria Police Force Management Team”; composed of all serving DIGs, AIGs, the 12 Police Zonal Command AIGs and the Force Secretary, etc. The internal security or national policing policy directions are formulated, discussed and implemented at the level of Nigeria Police Management Team; from where they are implemented as instructed by the 37 serving State CPs and ors.

“It therefore shocks and saddens our heart that the Igbo Nation as a whole; with estimated population of 40m-50m and largest Christian strong-hold in Nigeria do not have a single serving AIG among the country’s 29 serving AIGs. The Zone including its satellite extensions in South-south, and North-central also do not have a single serving Zonal Command AIG out of the country’s 12 serving AIGs. In the CPs, DCPs and ACPs’ ranks, the Southeast population is terminally diminishing; with orchestrated plans or policy to eliminate the Zone from the top command echelon of the Force. It is further appalling that out of the country’s 37 State and FCT serving CPs, only two are from the Southeast and entire Igbo Nation; with their retirement barely one year ahead.

“It may most likely be correct to say that the sedentary, semi pastoral and pastoral Igbo Nation and their largely Christian faithful are at high risk of pogrom and religious cleansing in the country sooner or later. A clear case in point is the ongoing extermination of Christians and other non Muslim nationalities of Northern Nigeria; which have put estimated 30 million of them in disarray; forced over 1.5million of them to flee and resulted in the death of over 20,000 others since 2009.

“It is also strongly suspected that the Igbo satellite communities in Benue and Kogi States are at high risk of extermination and religious cleansing. As a matter of research findings, there are millions of Igbo People of Benue and Kogi States including over 1million Igbo People historically referred to as “Igbo People of Umuezekaoha Clan in Benue State” (Emeka Umeagbalasi 2017); just as there are “Igbo People of Gusau” in present Zamfara State; who migrated to the area in 1600 Century AD, two hundred years before the arrival of Shehu Usman Dan Fodio of the Fula Clan (Chekwas Okorie 2017).

“The ongoing butchery in Kogi State by Fulani Jihadists which started on Wednesday night, 14^th March 2018, resulting in the death of not less than 50 Christians (by official and independent statistics) is a further attestation of the fact that the killings by Fulani Janjaweeds are far from rift over grazing rights or the so called “Fulani Herdsmen/Farmers’ clashes”. In spite of seizing and ceding of 15,000 hectares of lands by the Governor of Kogi State and donation of same to Federal Government for onward transfer to Mr. President’s Fulani brothers; the latest round of killing is a clear indication that the killings are purely ethno-religiously intended and executed with State aiding.

“In the past fifteen days of the outgoing Month of March, updated statistics from official and independent circles show that over 120 rural Christians have been hacked to death by Fulani Jihadists in Kogi (Dekina and Omala LGAs), Benue (Okpokwu) and Plateau (Zirshe Dundu in Bassa LGA and Mararaba Dare, near Rafiki Community). By Senator Atai Aidoko (Kogi East)’s account, 32 were killed as at 15^th March. The death had risen to 50 as at 16^th March according to media accounts on the ground.

“In Benue State 22 more citizens were killed and buried in Okpokwu in the past two weeks. In Plateau State, 25 persons were killed in the last Monday night attacks in Zirshe Dundu Community in Kwali District of Bassa LGA when villagers gathered to bury four of their own earlier killed on Saturday night. The Commander of 3 Division Garrison Jos, Brig Gen Texas Chukwu also disclosed that his personnel recovered 23 fresh dead bodies who are victims of Fulani Herdsmen killings in the late night of Wednesday 14^th March 2018 at Mararaba Dare village, near Rafiki Community in Plateau State.

“For more details, see Guardian Newspapers of 14th and 16^thMarch 2018 as well as the Sun Newspaper of 17^th March 2018. The updated statistics of the recent Fulani Herdsmen killings bring the total number of rural Christians and other non Muslims killed by the Jihadists since December 2018, a period of less than four months or 105 days to not less than 520. Till date, no single perpetrator has been arrested and put on trial by the central Government of Muhammadu Buhari.”

Intersociety backed its claims with the following statistics:

(A) KEY APPOINTMENTS IN SECURITY AND PARAMILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS AND THEIR REGIONAL REPRESENTATION

NORTHERN TABLE

NAME	POSITION	RELIGION
Lt Gen Tukur Buratai	Chief of Army Staff	Muslim
Musa Daura	DG-SSS	Muslim
Retired Lt Gen A. Dambazzu	Minister of Interior	Muslim
Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar	Chief of Air Staff	Muslim
Retired Major Gen Babagana Monguno	National Security Adviser	Muslim
Mansur Dan Ali	Minister of Defense	Muslim
Ibrahim Kpotum Idris	Inspector Gen of Police	Muslim
Ahmed Rufai Abubakar	Director Gen National Intelligence Agency	Muslim
Retired Col Hameed Ali	Comptroller Gen Nigerian Custom Service	Muslim
Mohammed Babandede	Comptroller Gen Nigerian Immigration Service	Muslim
Ahmed Ja’afaru	Comptroller Gen Nigerian Prisons Service	Muslim
BOBOYE OLAYEMI OYEYEMI	Corps Marshall Federal Road Safety Corps	Xian or Muslim (Kwara State)
Anebi Garba Joseph	Controller Gen Federal Fire Service	Xian
Abdulahi Gana Muhammadu	Commandant Gen Nigerian Security & Civil Defense Corps	Muslim
Abubakar Malami	Attorney General of the Federation	Muslim
Muhammadu Buhari (Retired Maj.Gen)	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria	Muslim
Ibrahim Magu	Chairman of EFCC	Muslim
Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah	Chairman/CEO National Drug Law Enforcement Agency	Muslim

TOTAL KEY SECURITY/PARAMILITARY APPOINTMENTS NORTH 18

SOUTHERN TABLE

NAME	POSITION	RELIGION
Lt Gen Abayomi Gabriel Olanishakin	Chief of Defense Staff	Southwest Xian
Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas	Chief of Naval Staff	South-south Xian
Alhaji Abdul Jelili Oyewale	Minister of Police Affairs	Southwest Muslim

TOTAL KEY SECURITY/PARAMILITARY APPOINTMENTS SOUTH 3

Summary:

Total Top Security & Paramilitary Appointments=21

North=18

South=3

NW/NE/NC=18

S/W=2

S/S=1

S/E=Nil

Muslims=17

Christians=3

(B) 29 SERVING POLICE AIGs IN NIGERIA

NORTHWEST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION
Mohammed Musa Katsina	Katsina	Muslim
Tili Abubakar	Kebbi	Muslim
Umaru Shehu	Sokoto	Muslim
Abdul Bube	Kebbi	Muslim
Ibrahim Adamu	Zamfara	Muslim
Abdul Dahiru	Kano	Muslim
Salisu F. Abdulahi	Kano	Muslim
Lawal Shehu	Katsina	Muslim
Abubakar Marafa	Kebbi	Muslim
Dahiru Mohammed	Katsina	Muslim
TOTAL AIGs N/W 10

NORTH EAST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION
Mohammed Usman Sani	Bauchi	Muslim
Aminchi Samaila Baraya	Taraba	Muslim
Usman Ankali Baba	Yobe	Muslim
Tijani Baba	Yobe	Muslim
Karma Hosea Hassan	Taraba	Xian

TOTAL AIGs N/E 5

NORTH-CENTRAL TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION
Abdul Salami Ayaji	Kogi	Muslim
Dorothy Gimba	Plateau	Xian
Usman Yakubu	Niger	Muslim
Abdulmajid Ali	Niger	Muslim
Abubakar A. Mohammed	Nasarawa	Muslim
Yakubu Jibrin	Nasarawa	Muslim
Dan Bature	Plateau	Xian or Muslim
Ezekiel Zang	Plateau	Xian

TOTAL AIGs N/C 8

SOUTH WEST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION
Agboola Oshodi-Glover	Lagos	Xian or Muslim
Kayode Aderanti	Osun	Xian
Felix Ogundeji	Ondo	Xian
Fredrick Taiwo Lekanu	Lagos	Xian
Rashidi O. Akintude	Ogun	Muslim

TOAL AIGs S/W 5

SOUTH-SOUTH TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION
Hilda Idiruro Harrison	Edo	Xian

TOTAL AIGs S/S 1

SOUTH EAST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION
None	None	None

TOTAL AIGs S/E Nil

Summary:

Total Serving Police AIGs in Nigeria=29

North= 23

South=6

Northwest=10

Northeast=5

North-Central=8

Southwest=5

South-south=1

Southeast=Nil

Total Muslims=22

Total Christians=7

(C) 12 POLICE ZONAL COMMANDS IN NIGERIA AND THEIR AIGs

NORTH WEST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
1. Ibrahim Adamu: AIG Zone 2 Lagos	Zamfara	Muslim		adamuibrahheenrd@yahoo.com
2. Abubakar Marafa : AIG Zone 6 Calaba	Kebbi	Muslim		ab68maraf@gmail.com
3. Salisu A. Fagge: AIG Zone 7 Abuja	Kano	Muslim		safaen@yahoo.co.uk

TOTAL ZONAL COMMAND AIGs N/W 3

NORTH EAST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
1. Karma Hosea Hassan: AIG ZONE 9 Umuahia	Taraba	Xian		H2karma@yahoo.com
2. Tijani Baba: AIG Zone 12 Bauchi	Yobe	Muslim		babtyjani@yahoo.com

TOTAL ZONAL COMMAND AIGs N/E 2

NORTH CENTRAL TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
Abubakar Adamu Mohammed: AIG Zone 5 Benin	Nasarawa	Muslim		mail61@yahoo.com
2. Dan Bature: AIG Zone 1 Kano	Plateau	Xian or Muslim		danbature2010@yahoo.com
3. Jibrin A. Yakubu : AIG Zone 8 Lokoja	Nasarawa	Muslim	08081775358
4. Usman Yakubu : AIG Zone 10 Sokoto	Niger	Muslim		yak.usman@yahoo.com

TOTAL ZONAL COMMAND AIGs N/C 4

SOUTH WEST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
1. Kayode Aderanti : AIG Zone 3	Lagos	Xian		alizimbo50@yahoo.com
2. Agboola Oshodi Glover: AIG Zone 11 Oshogbo	Lagos	Xian or Muslim		sammyglover59@yahoo.com

TOTAL ZONAL COMMAND AIGs S/W 2

SOUTH-SOUTH TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
1. Ibifuro Harrison Hilda: AIG Zone 4 Makurdi	Edo	Xian		wdharrison@yahoo.com

TOTAL ZONAL COMMAND AIGs S/S 1

SOUTH EAST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

TOTAL ZONAL COMMAND AIGs S/E None

Summary:

Total Serving Zonal Command AIGs in Nigeria=12

North=9

South=3

N/W=3

N/C=4

N/E=2

S/W=2

S/S=1

S/E=Nil

Muslims=8

Christians=4

(D) 37 STATES & FCT POLICE COMMANDs AND THEIR CPs

NORTH WEST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa: CP Rivers	Jigawa	Muslim		hafsab2913@gmail.com
2. Garba Umar: CP Anambra	Kaduna	Muslim	08035557676
3. Abdulahi Chafe Ibrahim: CP Ekiti	Zamfara	Muslim	08032100890
4. Dan-Malam Mohammed: CP Enugu	Katsina	Muslim		danmalam57@gmail.com
5. Bala Zama Senchi: CP Jigawa	Kebbi	Muslim		balazamasenche@yahoo.com
6. Bello Abubakar Sadiq: CP FCT-Abuja	Kebbi	Muslim		sabello20@yahoo.com
7. Ibrahim M. Kabiru: CP Kebbi	Kano	Muslim		kabirupolice@yahoo.com
8. Lawan Ado: CP Kwara	Kano	Muslim	08037024320
9. Ahmed Iliyasu: CP Ogun	Kaduna	Muslim		kutkuji@gmail.com
10. Murtala U. Mani: CP Sokoto	Katsina	Muslim		murtalaumani@gmail.com
11. Zaki M. Mohammed: CP Rivers	Kebbi	Muslim		zakimohammed@yahoo.co.uk
12. Ali Aji Janga: CP Kogi		Muslim		08034855055

TOTAL STATE CPs N/W 12

NORTH EAST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
1. Bello Ahmed: CP Nasarawa	Bauchi	Muslim	08056183075
2. Wakili Mohammed: CP Katsina	Gombe	Muslim	08099778888
3. Rabiu Yusuf: CP Kano	Taraba	Muslim	08037786246
4. Mohammed A. Mustapha: CP Delta	Borno	Muslim		muhdarge@yahoo.com
5. Abdulahi W. Ibrahim: CP Adamawa	Gombe	Muslim	08076681887
6. Dibal Paul Yakadi: CP Niger	Borno	Xian		pydibal@yahoo.com
7. Titus S. Larmode: CP Ebonyi	Adamawa	Xian		sumbatitns@yahoo.co.uk
8. Agyole Abeh: CP Kaduna	Taraba	Xian		agyoabeh@yahoo.com

TOTAL STATE CPs N/E 8

NORTH-CENTRAL TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
1. Sanusi N. Lemu: CP Bauchi	Niger	Muslim		lemusanusi@yahoo.com
2. Sunmomonu Abdulmaliki: CP Yobe	Kogi	Muslim		abdulmalikadeyemi@yahoo.com
3. Adeoye O. Adeniran: CP Osun	Kwara	Muslim		fimihamadeoye@yahoo.com

TOTAL STATE CPs N/C 3

SOUTH WEST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
1. Abiodun Adekunle Odude: CP Oyo	Ogun	Xian		aaodude@yahoo.co.uk
2. David Akinremi: CP Taraba	Ogun	Xian		dareakinremi93@yahoo.com
3. Olukolu Adesino: CP Gombe		Xian or Muslim
4. Gbenga Adeyanju: CP Oyo		Xian or Muslim	09037917182
5. Johnson B. Kokumo: CP Edo	Lagos	Xian		jbeekoks@gmail.com
6. Ajani Fatai Owoseni: CP Benue	Oyo	Muslim		fattyjay8@yahoo.com
7. Adeyemi Ogun-Jemilusi: CP Akwa Ibom	Ogun	Xian or Muslim		yemijemilusi@yahoo.com

TOTAL STATE COMMAND CPs S/W 7

SOUTH – SOUTH TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
1. Anthony Ogbizi Michael: CP Abia	Cross River	Xian		maogbizi@gmail.com
2. Amba Asuquo: CP Bayelsa	Akwa Ibom	Xian		asuquo.amba@yahoo.com
3. Edgal Imohimi: CP Lagos	Edo	Xian	08033040870
4. Undie Adie: CP Plateau	Cross River	Xian		undieadie1@yahoo.com
5. Kenneth Ebrimson: CP Zamfara	Rivers	Xian	08033311119

TOTAL STATE COMMAND CPs S/S 5

SOUTH EAST TABLE

NAME	STATE OF ORIGIN	RELIGION	PHONE NO.	E-MAIL
1. Chris Okey Ezike: CP Imo	Anambra: Retirement Date: 19-03-2019	Xian		compolbenincity2015@gmail.com
2. Damian Agba Chukwu: CP Borno	Imo: Retirement Date: 31/04/2019	Xian	07037080002

TOTAL STATE COMMAND CPs S/E 2

Summary:

Total Serving State CPs in Nigeria=37

North=23

South=14

NW=12

N/E=8

N/C=3

S/W=7

S/S=5

S/E=2

Muslims=24

Christians=13

STATISTICS OF NORTHERN MUSLIM OFFICERS DOMINATION OF MILITARY FORMATIONS IN SOUTHEAST

NAME	POSITION	RELIGION
Major Gen Adamu Baba Abubakar	GOC 82 Division, Enugu	Northern Muslim
Col Sagir Musa	Deputy Director of Information, 82 Division	Northern Muslim
Lt Col C.O. Ibrahim	Commanding Officer, Onitsha 302 Cantonment Military Police	Northern Muslim
Lt Col Sidi Kasim Umar	Commanding Officer of 144 Battalion (sector), Ukwa-Ngwa of the 14 Brigade-Ohafia, Abia State	Northern Muslim

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