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Nigerian Army ruthless, criminal organisation, former spokesman tells Canadian asylum court

A former Nigerian Army spokesman has cast the country’s preeminent defence institution as a murderous, corrupt and overly criminal organisation before a Canadian asylum court in Ottawa.

But Said Agborere Hammed maintained he did not take part in the crimes against humanity committed by his former employer and he was in fact under duress when he issued statements on behalf of the military that suppressed or significantly watered down atrocities perpetrated against the Nigerian civilian population.

Mr Hammed, who sought asylum in the North American country during his hearing at the Refugee Protection Division (RPD), said although he doubted the accuracy of some press releases where his name appeared as the signatory, he had no influence over them.

He sought asylum in Canada alongside his spouse and their three children because family members allegedly persecuted them for his conversion to Christianity. According to him, the persecution occurred between November 15, 1998, and January 24, 2012.

Mr Hammed, a retired major, said he fled with his family after a fatwa was issued to have him killed in Nigeria.

Court documents seen by Peoples Gazette stated that Mr Hammed, at the hearing, asserted that “he was working under duress or under authority as a public relations officer and his espoused fear of prosecution should he leave the Army.”

“His evidence was corroborated by the documentary evidence concerning the environment of fear, injustice, duress and the lack of due process in the Nigerian military,” the document said.

Documentary evidence also showed that the Nigerian Army “committed crimes against humanity on numerous occasions” while Mr Hammed was in service, but the RPD said his claims of innocence were found truthful.

The RPD concluded that even though Mr Hammed was a spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, his “duties did not demonstrate a significant contribution to the Army’s crimes” because he was under a superior officer, and he could not leave for fear of persecution.

Mr Hammed could also have been declared a deserter and charged with crimes had he fled after witnessing widespread extrajudicial executions, rights abuses and corruption in the military, immigration officials said.

A spokesman for the Nigerian Army did not respond to The Gazette’s request seeking comments about Mr Hammed’s disclosures to Canadian authorities.

The development marked yet another prong in the Canadian judiciary’s decisions about Nigerian former security agents seeking asylum. Previously, The Gazette had reported cases of two police officers, Olushola Popoola and Charles Ukoniwe, who were denied asylum because of their ties to the Nigeria Police Force, a body with matching criminal tendencies as the Nigerian military.

Canada’s Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration had requested a judicial review of the March 6, 2019, decision by the RPD to allow Mr Hammed to remain in Canada with his family.

The minister asserted that Mr Hammed was “complicit in crimes and issued pro-army press statements which minimised the Army’s transgressions.” This, according to the minister, contributed “significantly to the impunity enjoyed by the Nigerian Army in committing its crimes.”

Mr Hammed said the ministry’s evidence was “not inconsistent” with his position or the RPD’s finding that he was merely conveying information he received from his principals in the military and that “he was not in the field to verify the information.”

He added, “The crimes committed by the Nigerian Army were widely reported in the international media, and the content of those articles differed from that provided by the Army’s public relations group.”

In his January 27, 2020, ruling, Richard Bell, a Canadian federal court judge in Ottawa, Ontario, dismissed the minister’s application for judicial review.

“I find the minister’s argument that the RPD failed to properly consider whether Mr Hammed significantly contributed to the crimes against humanity committed by the Nigerian Army to have no merit,” Mr Bell said.

Once a shining light for the restoration of peace in war-torn African countries, the Nigerian Army has seen its glory erode significantly after becoming highly politicised and constantly linked to widespread killings and destruction, as well as near-daily cases of gruesome human rights abuses.

Since 1999, the Nigerian Army had coordinated the massacre of civilians in Zaki Biam, Odi, Obigbo, Zaria, and amongst others. Last October in Lekki, Lagos, Nigerian soldiers intervened in a civilian protest with heavy gunfire, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens in an act condemned across the world.

Hardly have any military chiefs ever been brought to justice for taking part in the murder of citizens they had sworn to protect.

https://gazettengr.com/nigerian-army-ruthless-criminal-organisation-former-spokesman-tells-canadian-asylum-court/

Because you wan collect Canada visa, you go dey talk rubbish for mouth. I hope they did not give you that visa sha🤨

And you still dey wonder why they denied CDS visa?

I wish I could read this but knowing the source is people's gazette makes it seem like a waste of time

Acekidc4:
Because you wan collect Canada visa, you go dey talk rubbish for mouth. I hope they did not give you that visa sha🤨

You guys are stylishly shifting the goal post.

When Nnamdi kanu boldly say these things, you take them for granted.
For your info, Nigeria police was proscribed by Canadian court, in 2021

He said nothing but the truth but watch Ronu Terrorists come here to defend what they don't know just because they want to form fake Patriots and fake lovers of Nigeria just because their tribesman is currently in charge of Nigeria's destruction

Ponu miscreants are crying already

Inklud d 9aijirian police too ...

Man ran for his dear life.

I challenge any Nigerian to swear on his life before God that the Nigerian Army is not a brutal, human rights abusive, and lawless organisation?

Broveens42:
You guys are stylishly shifting the goal post.

When Nnamdi kanu boldly say these things, you take them for granted.
For your info, Nigeria police was proscribed by Canadian court, in 2021

Nnamdi Kanu's context is completely different don't confuse the two. Kanu was threatening the Sovereignty of Nigeria. Enough of the bias.



For the Records: Read Samples of Nnamdi Kanu's IPOB BIAFRA

"...When we speak, the Zoo trembles, that is what happens when a cattle rearing terrorist and paedophile is your ruler."

"If you find anybody in your village asking after Radio Biafra kill the baboon Awusa Fulani or Yoruba bastard. Let them keep searching as we keep tweeting for #Biafra."

"Buhari is a shameless Paedophile and rapist."
"Buhari is a Terrorist he should be killed."

"Nigeria is a zoo and everybody living in that Godforsaken zoo deserves to die."

"Kumuyi should be stoned and dealt with thoroughly if he comes to Aba for his planned crusade."

"The imbecilic Goodluck Jonathan is a disgrace to humanity and deserves to be skinned alive for handing over to an Hausa goat."

"By the time we finish dealing with the animals in the zoo, there'll be none left to tell the story."

"We are assembling weapons and we need some more money to thoroughly equip our military to enable us unleash mayhem on Nigeria."

"Niger Deltans are cowards; we know what to do to them. Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, Edo and Cross Rivers State are our territory and anybody who tries to oppose us will be crushed."

"Buhari married his wife after raping her several times, the records are there."

"No Ibo man should attend any Church where the pastor is a Yoruba man, they are criminals and fools."

"Nigeria should prepare for war, we are coming to annihilate you, my secret service are already studying the zoo and strategising."
"Its either Biafra or death..."


http://castgist.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24603[/quote]

Like I've always maintained; the Nigerian Army is a terrorist organization who derive pleasure in killing unarmed civilians trapped inside Nigeria. They don't deserve pity or welcome in any civilized country or from any reasonable government. How can fulani terrorists be killing and maiming villagers all over Nigeria without the Nigerian army doing anything about it. It simply means they're complicit in the killings.
As Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier Gen. Christopher Musa has been denied entrance into Canada, may the case of Major General Edward Buba be put on the radar. He's a terrorist that should be arrested if he nears any sane country.

He no lie nah Nigerians no like truth

franchasng:
He said nothing but the truth but watch Ronu Terrorists come here to defend what they don't know just because they want to form Patriots because their tribesman is currently in charge of Nigeria's destruction

A truth that excuses only he as the innocent one while he was a senior officer. Why are you also found supporting wrong things? Of course the Nigerian Army are guilty of a lot but let's learn not to be selfish. This fellow's actions were driven by pure selfishness. For the sake of asylum papers he is willing to say any and everything. Is that right?

Nigeria army seems more like teror group than a national army, an army that can not arrest any herdsmen when people are sluated But will quickly arrest people when Cows are sluated

Fatwa was issued in 1998 or it had to do with Abacha's death?

So one can convert to Islam freely but gets threatened or even killed if he/she leaves Islam?

Who doesn't know this before

I want all Nigerian security chiefs denied access to these top countries, then followed by politicians, and APC criminals and supporters.

You can't destroy the country and then want to go and enjoy in a working country.


I saw sarki lamenting on X that he was denied visa into the USA, I wonder why the cow no apply to Iraq, Afghanistan or other Muslim extremists countries

Beerfraud..

Christopher Musa will Never enter Canada.

NdiLucifer:
Nigerian Army ruthless, criminal organisation, former spokesman tells Canadian asylum court



https://gazettengr.com/nigerian-army-ruthless-criminal-organisation-former-spokesman-tells-canadian-asylum-court/

@Flokii, mvmu defender of Nigeria and her uselss military, come see where the problem come from

Your military is a uselss murderous organization with one of the worse human rights violations in the entire world.
Your clueless presidiot who is their commander in chief is lucky he has a diplomatic passport.

Acekidc4:
Because you wan collect Canada visa, you go dey talk rubbish for mouth. I hope they did not give you that visa sha🤨

Why are you creatures from yarigba very wicked, insensitive, and enjoy supporting evil against innocent Nigerians?
Don't you know how the military violates people's rights in Nigeria, with gross abuse and extra-judicial killings?
How many villages have they burnt down across the country, especially in the south??
Are their ugly activities hidden?
Has the Amnesty International not been singing about these atrocities??
God will punish anyone who defend evil against innocent Nigerians just in a desperate bid to support his kinsman's tenure.

Ronu shud be declared a terrorist organization by the western world

Werey rtd. Major. Swear on your life that in all your years in service, you never intimidated anyone either directly or by proxy.

He’s even saying they declared fatwa on him.

If Nigeria was a good country, this here will not happen. A high ranking officer talking this bad against his country.
Well, I know Canada will grant him asylum. But this will damage the image of the country and cause most officers to be denied visa into most European countries in the future.

Acekidc4:
Because you wan collect Canada visa, you go dey talk rubbish for mouth. I hope they did not give you that visa sha🤨

How’s what he said a lie? Get real.., actions have consequences! I love how the heat has been stirred. Deny all of them visas and see if these rogues in government won’t sit tight.

SmartyPants:
A truth that excuses only he as the innocent one while he was a senior officer. Why are you also found supporting wrong things? Of course the Nigerian Army are guilty of a lot but let's learn not to be selfish. This fellow's actions were driven by pure selfishness. For the sake of asylum papers he is willing to say any and everything. Is that right?

Ask yourself what could have led a former nation's army spokesperson to flee to another country and seeking for asylum, is it normal? If Nigeria was a working nation, would such scenario even come up in the first place?


My father is a retired civil servant who served Nigeria with all honesty and you need to know what he went through just because he was trying to be upright and corrupt free. Because of that, he didn't attain the grade-level he merited while his juniors did because they worked with the corrupt government officials.


Pray Nigeria you are faking to love don't happen to you before you wake up and start standing for the truth

Softmirror:
Nnamdi Kanu's context is completely different don't confuse the two. Kanu was threatening the Sovereignty of Nigeria. Enough of the bias.



For the Records: Read Samples of Nnamdi Kanu's IPOB BIAFRA

"...When we speak, the Zoo trembles, that is what happens when a cattle rearing terrorist and paedophile is your ruler."

"If you find anybody in your village asking after Radio Biafra kill the baboon Awusa Fulani or Yoruba bastard. Let them keep searching as we keep tweeting for #Biafra."

"Buhari is a shameless Paedophile and rapist."
"Buhari is a Terrorist he should be killed."

"Nigeria is a zoo and everybody living in that Godforsaken zoo deserves to die."

"Kumuyi should be stoned and dealt with thoroughly if he comes to Aba for his planned crusade."

"The imbecilic Goodluck Jonathan is a disgrace to humanity and deserves to be skinned alive for handing over to an Hausa goat."

"By the time we finish dealing with the animals in the zoo, there'll be none left to tell the story."

"We are assembling weapons and we need some more money to thoroughly equip our military to enable us unleash mayhem on Nigeria."

"Niger Deltans are cowards; we know what to do to them. Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, Edo and Cross Rivers State are our territory and anybody who tries to oppose us will be crushed."

"Buhari married his wife after raping her several times, the records are there."

"No Ibo man should attend any Church where the pastor is a Yoruba man, they are criminals and fools."

"Nigeria should prepare for war, we are coming to annihilate you, my secret service are already studying the zoo and strategising."
"Its either Biafra or death..."


http://castgist.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24603

I wonder how much they pay most of these slaves to defend this rubbish here.

Nawaoo!

Smartcitizen:
I wonder how much they pay most of these slaves to defend this rubbish here.

Nawaoo!

Please how far with Simon Ekpa in Finland. 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Nigerian army testifying against Nigerian army. The atrocious activities of the army is an open secret.

Acekidc4:
Because you wan collect Canada visa, you go dey talk rubbish for mouth. I hope they did not give you that visa sha🤨

Did he lie.......go check out what they did at Obigbo !

Softmirror:
Please how far with Simon Ekpa in Finland. 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

He has been caged for good just like we are going to cage so many of you slaves in Nigeria for public comfort.


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