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SHOOT-ON-SIGHT: Nzuko Umunna, writes Army chief, UN, EU, others over extra-judicial killings

SHOOT-ON-SIGHT: Nzuko Umunna, writes Army chief, UN, EU, others over extra-judicial killings On By Clifford Ndujihe LEADING Igbo intellectual think-tank and socio-cultural group, Nzuko Umunna, has written the Chief of Army Staff, CAS, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru; the United Nations, UN; and European Union, EU, among others over what it described as ongoing extra-judicial killings in the South-East geo-political zone. Lamenting that the killings were getting to the level of genocide, the group in the open letter to the CAS, said the killings arose from the shoot-on-sight given to Army troops in the zone. The letter, signed by Dr Ngozi Odumuko and Dr P. Mbanefo, was copied by the Chief of Defence Staff; Minister of Defence; Chief of Staff to The C-in-C; United Nations Agency on Human Rights, Human Rights International; United States Embassy; High Commission United Kingdom; French Embassy; Russian Embassy; Amnesty International; Nigerian Human Rights, Commission; Congressional Black

Shoot-on-sight Order And Ongoing Extra-judicial Killings In The South East Zone

Shoot-on-sight Order And Ongoing Extra-judicial Killings In The South East Zone By Nzuko Umunna May 11, 2021 Area 7, Garki, Abuja. SHOOT-ON-SIGHT ORDER AND ONGOING EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN THE SOUTH EAST ZONE We feel duty-bound to inform you that there is palpable fear over a Shoot-On-Sight directive reportedly given to Army troops in the South East in recent days, a scheme for which new batches of men were moved over the weekend. By some accounts, this directive seems to have been given unofficially in a hush-hush manner, making the situation all the more ominous. A Shoot-On- Sight directive is tantamount to an order to extra-judicially exterminate innocent citizens as there is no telling who might be part of the collerteral, unintended casualties. Throughout history, such military strategies or policies have always run the risk of going contrary to all accepted conventions and protocols on the rules of engagement, particularly the Rome Statutes

Ayo Obe s tribute to Innocent Chukwuma

Vanguard News Ayo Obe’s tribute to Innocent Chukwuma On Ayo Obe Innocent Chukwuma has left an indelible record in the history of Nigeria’s human rights and pro-democracy activism, and in showing the role that civil society can – and must play – in promoting and supporting good governance. He set a sterling example in the transparent and sustainable management of non-governmental organisations. When I became President of the Civil Liberties Organisation in October 1995, its Executive Director, Abdul Oroh, along with Chima Ubani, were detained without trial and the office of the CLO was almost deserted as the organisation faced the wrath of the Abacha dictatorship for challenging its account of the phantom coup.

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