by Eze
Eluchie
In view of
the horrific, systematic and continuing carnage against the civil society and
protesters/demonstrators by elements of the Nigerian military under its watch
(particularly the murder of several Shiite {Shi’a} sect members in Zaria and
the killings of several supporters of restructuring and renegotiation of the
Nigerian polity under the aegis of the Biafra movement), whatever pretense the
Buhari-junta is making towards ‘investigating’ human rights abuses by the
Nigeria military during the tenure of the immediate past President, Goodluck
Jonathan, can be outrightly dismissed as mere cosmetic witch-hunt
after-thoughts aimed at creating a semblance of propriety for a regime steeped
in the blood of its own citizens which it has wasted.
In less than
8 months of the existence of this junta, more Nigerians exercising a
constitutionally guaranteed right to protest and assemble, have been killed and
maimed by a military funded by Nigerian tax-payers funds, than were killed in
over 40 years since the end of the Nigeria Civil War.
Most
ironically, within the same period, whilst extremist Islamist insurgency and
terrorism perpetuated by Boko Haram has continued with deadly consequences for
the polity, the junta has deemed it fit to release hundreds of Boko Haram
detainees under a most suspect ‘adherence to human rights’ program.
Are we
witnessing a gradual descent into an abyss?
Link on more reports on security agents killing demonstrators in Nigeria: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/biafra-8-ipob-members-killed-30-wounded-26-arrested/
Pictures: A pro-Biafra
demonstrator felled by bullets from security personnel in Aba (18th
January 2016) and Soldiers take position before attacks on the Shiites in Zaria
which left dozens dead (22nd December 2015)
No comments:
Post a Comment