ABUJA—MOVED by series of allegations of extra-judicial killings of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, during some of their peaceful protest sessions by some of its personnel, the Nigerian Army, yesterday, set up an eight-man panel to investigate the allegations. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, while inaugurating the panel at the Army Headquarters, Abuja, said the allegations were not good for civil-military relations and were capable of demoralising the Nigerian personnel in the performance of their constitutional responsibilities.

The allegations, according to Buratai, include the Amnesty International reports and allegations by Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, of rights violations of arrested members. It also include allegations of Boko Haram terrorists against some Army personnel and commanders based on which some of them are already suffering discriminations in some quarters.

The reports range from extra-judicial executions, arbitrary arrests, detentions, torture and disappearance of IPOB members and suspected Boko Haram terrorists. “These allegations are not good for civil-military relations and are capable of demoralising the Nigerian Army personnel in the performance of their constitutional roles, “he said. Buratai said it was expedient to thoroughly and impartially investigate the allegations to find out the facts of the matter and to enable relevant authorities take appropriate actions. But Buratai asked the panel not to revisit allegations already investigated by state governments or the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, through similar panels.

The Army’s special board of inquiry, which has Major General Ahmed Tijani Jibrin (retd) as president, according to the Army boss, was set up to investigate the matter and establish the true situation of the whole allegations. Other members of the panel include Brigadier-General Dadan Garba (retd); Brigadier-General Abdulqadir Guide (retd); Brigadier-General O. Olayinka; Col. L. B. Mohammed; Col. U.M. Wambai; Mr Olawole Fapohunda and Lt.-Col. C. M. Akaliro, who is the panel’s secretary.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/army-probe-extra-judicial-killing-ipob-massob-members/

ok. I hope they will equally investigate the Kaduna killings .

They have just assembled hausa /fulanis to do a job to which the end result has already been written down for them, after all the denials and accusations.

It's like assembling members of the Nazi party to investigate the Holocaust...who is fooling who by this panel?

Burantasi is just trying to cover the pervasive culture of impunity within the military but no one is fooled.

He should just prepare his defense for a day at the ICC.

Probe after denying it never happened.
Anyway a day will come when sanity will be restored to Nigeria and the right thing will be done.

they are fooling theirselves

they know ICC is a potential

he knows

mile12crises:
They have just assembled hausa /fulanis to do a job to which the end result has already been written down for them, after all the denials and accusations.

It's like assembling members of the Nazi party to investigate the Holocaust...who is fooling who by this panel?

Burantasi is just trying to cover the pervasive culture of impunity within the military but no one is fooled.

He should just prepare his defense for a day at the ICC.

Apt!