The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has accused the Nigeria Army of committing “serious and egregious war crimes” against residents of Imo State.

In a statement on Tuesday, the rights group noted that the activities of the army in Imo State would be officially challenged both locally and abroad soon.

According tot the statement, HURIWA condemned the “organised arson and killings that trailed the criminal killing of a soldier by hoodlums” in the state on Monday.

HURIWA recalled that unknown gunmen on Monday afternoon killed a military officer during an attack on some soldiers in Awo Mmamma in the Oru East Local Government Area of the state.

The rights group alleged that in reprisal, military men regrouped, stormed the town and allegedly burnt a hotel, cars, houses and shops.

HURIWA said the action of “soldiers shows a pattern of apartheid styled vicious attacks against Igbo by the Nigeria Army largely commanded by Generals who are Moslems and Hausa/Fulani”.

The rights group said when Fulani terrorists shot down a multimillion worth military jet in Zamfara State few months back and dozens of soldiers and police killed by armed Fulani militia preferred to be called armed bandits by President Muhammadu Buhari, there were no known reprisals in any of the North West States.

Also, HURIWA alleged that in Borno State a Christian born Brigadier General was killed by Islamists but the soldiers didn’t attack the town Askira Uba in Borno State but private soldiers were killed by hoodlums in AwoMmama and Oguta but soldiers were supervised by their commanders to burn down communities and the state government is silent and allowed soldiers to commit outrageous crimes against humanity.

“We will work out modalities to challenge these war crimes either here in Nigeria or in the International Criminal Court in The Hague Netherlands soon. We will organise protests to major embassies soon”.

“The invasion of some military soldiers at Ishieke junction which resulted in the burning down of hotels, cars, houses and shops of innocent citizens of Ishieke in Imo State is highly condemnable and infringement on their constitutional rights.

“According to section 33, 34, 41 and 43 of the 1999 constitution as amended which states as follows?

“33. (1) Every person has a right to life, and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life, save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been found guilty in Nigeria.

“(2) A person shall not be regarded as having been deprived of his life in contravention of this section, if he dies as a result of the use, to such extent and in such circumstances as are permitted by law, of such force as is reasonably necessary –

“(a)for the defence of any person from unlawful violence or for the defence of property:

“(b) in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained; or (c) for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection, or mutiny.

” 33. (1) Every individual is entitled to respect for the dignity of his person, and accordingly – (a) no person shall be subject to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment;

“(b) no person shall he held in slavery or servitude; and (c) no person shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour.

(2) for the purposes of subsection (1) (c) of this section, “forced or compulsory labour” does not include –


(a) any labour required in consequence of the sentence or order of a court;

(b) any labour required of members of the armed forces of the Federation or the Nigeria Police Force in pursuance of their duties as such;

There is no basis in law for anybody including the military personnel to take the law into their hand. If their colleague is killed, the appropriate authority should seek legal redress and not for the military personnel to go against the spirit and letter of constitutional democracy.

See the following cases;

The authority of Ojukwu v Military Governor of Lagos State self-help is alien to our legal jurisprudence.

In Arowove and Others v. Inspector-General of Police.163 Oshodi, J. of the Lagos High Court ordered, on an application for habeas corpus, the immediate release of the applicants who had been unlawfully detained by the Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters. The government refused to release the detainees but rather flew them by helicopter to an unknown destination. The detainees were eventually release



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Lalasticala, seun

Nigerian Army are Boko Haram

The Army have been committing wanton killings and arson in the East and nothing has been done about it.

The killing over 400 shias in kaduna in one day and getting away with it has created the false impression to them that they're untouchable.

They complain of lack of ammunition against boko haram
But once they face their fellow gunmen they ran away and start burning people house
How many house did they burn when generals and hundreds of soldiers were killed in kaduna

That's what they know how to do and the Igbo leaders are keeping quite and staying at the comfort of their Abuja rendezvous

The day they'll start killing them now in a gorilla style.....the coursed spam called udele will start creating threads up on threads about ipob.

That's what the cowards do best. When their mates are fighting, they will be moving around burning houses, kidnapping women and starving children like in Biafran war


This is the reason why their only legacy from the Biafran war is malnourished Biafran children and women while the Biafrans celebrate their valor in the Battle field like the picture below

HURIWA without a spokesperson, who knows it is one IPOB member sitting in one corner of his village writing rubbish without investigation and understanding of tbe situation

HURIWA= IPOB terrorists. Shikena. They are not even an affiliate member of the Nigerian Union of Journalists.
NUJ= NAWOJ + NGE + SWAN.
https://nuj.org.ng/historical-background/

HURIWA group is made up of a faceless assembly of vicious state actors behind the IPOB terrorists.
Journalists in NUJ, DSS and ministry of information, CAC should investigate these faceless individuals. They are not journalists and should stop embarrassing Journalism profession with fake news.

Nigerian military didn't start committing genocides today but what have the relevant global bodies done about these atrocities?

The Nigerian army is the most lawless, weakest and most cowardly army in the whole world. An army that attacks its own citizens instead of protecting them against foreign invaders. What goes around comes around. They can't have it their way forever. Justice must catch up with them someday.

Where are the 1967 is not 2021 crews?

Buhari should be taken to icc

Lalasticlala

Bare truth

Evil people

They prefer to cowardly burn houses and properties of unarmed innocent citizens rather than fight the gun men who attacked them.

Why didn't the cowards fight the gun men