The
Indigenous People of Biafra have painted a gruesome picture of what
awaits president Muhammadu Buhari and the chief of army staff (COAS),
Lt.-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai soon.
President Muhammadu Buhari and the chief of army staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group for the sovereign
state of Biafra has revealed what would become of President Muhammadu
Buhari and the chief of army staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai.
IPOB spokespersons, Barrister Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford
Chukwuemeka Iroanya, in a press statement this week, said that Buhari
and Buratai would end up in jail for several human rights abuses for
committing crimes against humanity.
“On Monday, the 21st of March 2016, the Nigerian Defence
Headquarters represented by General Abayomi Olonisakin inaugurated what
it called a 12-man committee on human rights. It is not clear if the
Defence Headquarters is acting based on Section-5(1) CAP A20 L.F.N. 2004
or that General Olonisakin is trying to save the life and career of the
never-retiring Lt.-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai who will end up at the
prison yard, courtesy of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The
Hague, just like his Commander-in-Chief, Retired Major General Muhammadu
Buhari would soon go to jail as well in The Hague for human rights
abuses and extra-judicial killings. During the inauguration of the
so-called human rights committee, General Olonisakin noted that “each
member of the committee was invited to look into the complaints of human
rights abuses levelled against the military” and “urged the committee
to expand their focus beyond the North East, to also include other areas
of contention including the issues emanating from clashes with the
Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),
and Rivers State election rerun amongst others.
“General Olonisakin also stated that the Armed Forces of
Nigeria is “always guided by global best practices, Rules of Engagement
(ROE) for military operations other than war as well as Codes of Conduct
for internal security operations.” On the other hand, he warned that
the Armed Forces “would not sacrifice professionalism on the platter of
lawlessness or extra-judicial conducts of anybody or groups. “The terms
of reference of this committee include “collation and documentation of
written complaints, as well as investigation of all the alleged rights
violations, interface with human rights bodies, recommend appropriate
sanctions where necessary and advice generally on modalities to curtail
violations of human rights by troops.
“It is very laughable that the so-called committee on human
rights which was meant exclusively for the North-East of Nigeria was
suddenly given the mandate to operate elsewhere in Nigeria as a
face-saving measure to divert the attention of the public and the ICC
from the upcoming criminal prosecution of Lt-Gen Buratai, Muhammadu
Buhari, Solomon Ehigiator Arase, and other accomplices to the massacre
of defenceless Biafrans which started seven weeks after the swearing-in
of Buhari as Nigeria’s president. Is it possible for General Olonisakin
to point at any report in the public domain from any committee that was
set up to probe any of the killings in Biafraland? In 2013, some
committees were set up by the Senate and the NBA to investigate the mass
murder of Biafrans and dumping of their bodies in Ezzu River but the
committees‘ reports were never made public. Even former Governor Peter
Obi’s Ezzu River Autopsy Report is still hidden in government house at
Awka.
“On the other hand, how can the military be investigating
crimes committed by itself and expect to get useful outcomes, in
addition to the fact that this committee is not headed by a reputable
Judge but rather the committee is mainly an assortment of retired and
retarded members of Nigerian military? How can a murderer investigate
his own crime? This is another waste of public funds in a country where
the average citizen lives on less than half-dollar in a day.
“Instead of spending so much money on logistics and other
related expenses on this committee, we STRONGLY advice the Defence
Headquarters to use this money to hire a formidable defence attorney who
will defend them at the upcoming court case at the ICC. Perhaps, the
attorney may be able to reduce by a few years, the imminent long jail
terms for Buratai et al. Therefore the public should not be deceived by
the red-herring strategy of General Olonisakin and his cohorts because
Buratai and his co-murderers are prison-bound irrespective of the
so-called committee on human rights. This committee is nothing but a
deceit and a charade."
This is coming after Buratai said the army is investigating the
killing of innocent pro-Biafra protesters in Aba, Abia state by Nigerian
soldiers.
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