{"id":42975,"date":"2021-05-14T16:11:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=42975"},"modified":"2021-05-14T15:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T15:55:41","slug":"south-south-south-east-security-huriwa-warns-buhari-military-chiefs-against-shoot-on-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/south-south-south-east-security-huriwa-warns-buhari-military-chiefs-against-shoot-on-sight","title":{"rendered":"South South, South East security: HURIWA warns Buhari, military chiefs against shoot-on-sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the military chiefs who took a decision on what they called new security measures for South-South and South-East of Nigeria to be mindful of their constitutional obligations of adhering strictly to the rules of engagement.<\/p>\n<p>HURIWA also warned the Buhari government to make sure that the operatives to be deployed to the South-East and South-South don\u2019t under any circumstances resort to the use of self-help measures like Shoot-on-sight.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that the government had announced plans for fresh measures after a security council meeting at the Aso Villa, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, its National Coordinator, HURIWA wants President Buhari and military chiefs to show absolute respect for the fundamental human rights of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The rights group also criticized Buhari for his persistent and lawless marginalization and scheming out of South-East from any commanding position of significance in the defence institutions to such a ridiculous extent that no Igbo military officer attended the last meeting during which a decision to introduce new security measures for South East and the crude oil rich Niger Delta region was taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government is notorious for gross human rights violations and this is the fundamental reason the USA and most first World Countries don\u2019t want to provide technical assistance or sell arms for the prosecution of the war on terror because it\u2019s believed that a tyrannical regime could divert the weapons to kill civilians like is the case with the Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s junta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why this government has to make sure that the operatives to be deployed to the South-East and South-South do not under any circumstances resort to the use of such self-help measures like SHOOT-ON-SIGHT- which constitute a gross violation of the right to life of the citizens provided for and protected under the provision of section 33(1) of the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 (as amended).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had already drafted a petition on the recent extrajudicial killings of Imo Citizens that the Army of Nigeria committed, and the hierarchy has refused to name and prosecute the perpetrators just as the petition is about to be despatched to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands after the Moslem festivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Military under the democratic setting is governed by Constitutional norms. The Nigerian Constitution, being the grand-norm, absolutely prohibits the use of extralegal killings of citizens under section 33 (1). Under section 36 (5) citizens are guaranteed a fair hearing. There is no legal support for the infliction of mass killings as a consequence of the deliberate attacks on security formations and operatives by unknown gunmen in the South East and South-South of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Military authority isn\u2019t allowed to resort to self-help because Nigeria is not a banana Republic but a Nation governed by laws. The soldiers aren\u2019t immune from prosecution for offences of genocide,\u201d HURIWA\u2019s statement read in part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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