Immediate past Chief of
Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (Rtd) has again dismissed the allegation
by Amnesty International (AI) that the Nigerian Military is guilty of war crimes
against the civilian populace in the ongoing campaign against insurgency in
North Eastern Nigeria, describing it as baseless.
Gen. Ihejirika made his position known yesterday at the
occasion of National Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria Lecture held in Abuja.
The theme of the lecture was: Energy and House Hold
Poverty in Nigeria and Human Rights and National Security.
The former Army chief who was represented by Group Capt.
Affiku Steven (Rtd) said the allegation by AI was worrisome considering the
huge sacrifices being made by the Nigerian Military and other security
personnel to contain the spread of Boko Haram in the country.
He subsequently challenged the world body to come up with
substantive evidence by making their source public.
It would be recalled that Amnesty International had in a recent report published
on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, accused the Nigerian military of carrying out abuses
against civilians, as part of their fight against the Islamic extremist group,
Boko Haram.
The international human rights group has also accused the
military of killing more than 600 released prisoners. The violence against
civilians it said, constitutes “war crimes”.
For General Iherjirika however, the worst human rights violation for the past six
years were the abuses committed by the militant sect, which was responsible for
the killings, bombings, and other attacks throughout the country, resulting in
numerous deaths, injuries and the widespread destruction of property.
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