ANALYSIS OF GOV. UZODINMA’S EXCUSES FOR MASS KILLINGS OF YOUTHS IN OTULU AND PROLONGED DETENTION OF YOUNG GIRLS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE IMO STATE COMMAND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY (DSS)
Two serious, and perhaps damning gaps, exist in Governor Hope Uzodinma’s account of the discovery of the corpse of 14 male youths and the news that one of the ladies detained at the DSS cells for several months have gotten pregnant whilst in DSS custody (as recorded in the attached video interview); these are:
1. The corpses of those killed at Otulu (Oru West LGA of Imo State) were discovered abandoned at the locations where they were ostensibly killed. The standard practice of government security agencies is to evacuate the corpses of whosoever they kill and take same back to their State or Divisional or Operational Headquarters – never to abandon such corpses at locations where the killings occur.
2. The Military personnel, long after the killers of the boys had departed the scene, had to escort the villagers who evacuated the corpses towards a morgue where the said corpses were deposited.
3. The Million Dollar Question now is: Did the DSS personnel abandon the ‘criminals’ they killed at the place where the killings occurred?
4. Assuming those killed were criminals as the Governor claims, is the Operational Guidelines of the DSS to kill suspects (even those supposedly found in ‘bandit camps’ as the Governor claims, are suspects until proven guilty in a court of law) without according such suspects an opportunity to prove their innocence or otherwise?
5. Regarding the matter the Governor described as ‘what is trending the 15 year old impregnated by the DSS officers’, the Governor goes ahead to assert that the girls ‘have been helping the DSS for over 6 months to pick some of the bandits’. The girls have been in custody of the DSS without being brought before a court for over 6 months? In flagrant violation of extant Constitutional provisions?
With every supposedly exculpatory or defensive action and utterance of this Governor regarding the several apparent extrajudicial killings, abductions of citizens, arson attacks against communities and sundry acts of insecurity across Imo State, it gets clear that illegalities, wrongs, unconstitutional acts and probably crimes are being audaciously perpetuated under the regime of Hope Uzodinma as Governor of Imo State, under the guise of ‘tackling insecurity’.
It is pertinent, at this stage, to call upon the Federal security authorities, the National Human Right Commission and international organizations concerned about mass atrocities, extrajudicial killings and like crimes, to investigate ongoing in Imo State to forestall the commission of more atrocities.
Video links:
https://fb.watch/em-au5nJ0b/
https://www.facebook.com/realMaxwellC/videos/1093720231254016/
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