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Ex-Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd), on Saturday, said the effort to contain insurgents by the Army under his command was not appreciated by Nigerians.
The ex-Army boss spoke in Kuta, Osun State, at an interdenominational prayer organised for him by Olowu of Kuta, Oba Adekunle Oyelude, held in the Olowu’s palace.
Represented by two of his coursemates, Major Daniel Banjo (retd) and Wing Commander Mamman Yusuf (retd.), Buratai, who spoke through Banjo, said three times he was ambushed while battling insurgents.
He then assured the community of continued relationship and support even after exiting the Army.
Buratai never condoned rights abuses, foreign embassies told
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Famous rights advocacy groups, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA and AFRIRIGHTS, Friday called on foreign embassies to dismiss allegations of human rights violations pressed against immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd) and other ex-service chiefs.
The bodies in letters addressed to some foreign embassies in the land noted that the ex-service chiefs discharged their duties in a professional manner and ethical standard of military tradition.
The Right groups in a statement jointly signed by the national coordinator of HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the national media affairs director Miss. Zainab Yusuf, categorically stated that rather than recrimination and casting undue aspersions in a bid to ridicule the public standing and assassinate the character of General Buratai and other former military Chiefs, “these persons who had only just volu
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Diplomatic Soldering: Garlands of merit for retired Service Chiefs
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With the nomination of the immediate past service chiefs as non-career Ambassadors by president Mohammadu Buhari, critics of retired General Tuku Buratai and his colleagues now have the sails removed from their ships.
The appointments have clearly put paid to insinuations of impending trial by International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity,; allegations and speculations which have trended on the media space for a long time.
The fact is that none of the immediate past service chiefs has had any proven charge of human rights abuse to answer before any court within and outside Nigeria, as none of them has been invited or appeared before any court to answer to charges of criminal breach of fundamental human rights of Nigerians.
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President Muhammadu Buhari, in a letter to the Senate, has nominated the immediate past Service Chiefs as non-career Ambassadors-Designate.
This development was disclosed in a statement issued by Femi Adesina, the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity on Thursday.
Buhari, in the letter to Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the Senate, said:
“In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I have the honour to forward for confirmation by the Senate, the under-listed five (5) names of nominees as Non-Career Ambassadors-Designate.
“The nominees are: Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin, Lt Gen Tukur Y. Buratai (Rtd), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), and Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (Rtd), as well as Air Vice Marshal Mohammed S. Usman (Rtd).”
Nigerians react as Buhari nominates ex-Service Chiefs, Buratai, Abubakar, others as ambassadors
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Diverse reactions have continued to trail the nomination of immediate past Service Chiefs as non-career ambassadors by President Muhammadu Buhari.
DAILY POST had reported that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, who confirmed the development, said their names have been sent to the Senate for confirmation.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate,” Adesina had said in a statement.
Reacting, some Nigerians on social media are of the opinion that Buhari nominated Buratai to enable him avoid International Criminal Court, ICC, prosecution.