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February 15, 2021
A coalition of 27 human rights and advocacy groups has petitioned 31 Embassies, including European Union (EU), United Kingdom, and many African countries, urging them to reject the posting of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai (rtd), and others over human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings perpetrated under his leadership as army chief.
It also called for sanctions against over 20 other serving and retired military and police chiefs, including the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru.
A separate petition by the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) accused the Nigerian Army of illegal detention and alleged rape of 53 young girls at the Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja.
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
A coalition of 27 human rights and advocacy groups has petitioned 31 Embassies, including European Union (EU), United Kingdom, and many African countries, urging them to reject the posting of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai (rtd), and others over human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings perpetrated under his leadership as army chief.
It also called for sanctions against over 20 other serving and retired military and police chiefs, including the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru.
A separate petition by the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) accused the Nigerian Army of illegal detention and alleged rape of 53 young girls at the Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja.
The envoys were also notified about attempts by the Nigerian government to ‘shield and protect’ some of the perpetrators from criminal prosecution or being locally and internationally held to account.
Heinous Crimes Against Humanity:Eastern Rights & Intelligentsia Coalition Drags Buratai & 20 Others To 31 Foreign Missions In Nigeria
By Eastern Rights & Intelligentsia Coalition
Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Thursday, 11
th Feb 2021: In line with our core formative objective and firm promise of getting justice for thousands of the victims of the Army and Police conduct atrocities in Nigeria since 2015, involving: crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other internationally prohibited acts-clearly defined in various regional and international instruments acceded to by Nigeria;
the Eastern Nigerian Rights and
Intelligentsia Coalition has dragged the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai and over 20 other serving and retired Army or Military and Police chiefs including the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Major Gen Ibrahim Attihiru to 31 foreign missions in Nigeria. The respected foreign missions petitioned through their Ambassadors
EXCLUSIVE: Families Of Alleged Six Slain Soldiers Have Dragged Army, Buratai To ICC – Lawyer
Okoroafor stated that he was at the ICC in the Hague, the Netherlands, where he personally made the application, adding that he did not expect the army to own up to the incident.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 05, 2021
The families of six soldiers who were allegedly secretly tried and executed by the Nigerian Army in Abuja have dragged the Nigerian Army and the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (retd.) to the International Criminal Court, according to their lawyer.
SaharaReporters was told by the lawyer, Barrister E. R. Okoroafor, that the army authorities and Buratai would be served the court papers in the coming week.