ABA, Federal Republic of Nigeria. The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused some faceless Northern elements for being behind the Amnesty International report which called for the trail of former Chief of Army Staff, General Azubuike Ihejirika and serving service chiefs.
Amnesty International had on Wednesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the International Criminal Court in ‘The Hague,’ Netherlands to investigate some former and serving Nigerian service chiefs for war crimes.
The crimes, according to AI were perpetrated during the fight against Boko Haram in the North-East between March 2011 and 2014.
The National President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a press statement released Thursday in Umuahia, Abia State, described the report and the agency’s call for Ihejirika’s
trial as “utter rubbish”.
He accused some Northern elements of trying to use the international body to revenge on Southern military top brass who staked their lives in defense of the territorial integrity of Nigeria.
Isiguzoro said “the last insult Ndigbo can take from those who think they are the owners of Nigeria is to allow them touch Gen. Ihejirika who served his father land meritoriously”.
He said; “what Ihejirika and other military personnel who staked their lives fighting Boko Haram deserve is commendation and not politically-motivated prosecution”.
His words: “Where was Amnesty International when Boko Haram fighters were annihilating Christians in Northern Nigeria? Where was Amnesty International when Boko Haram was throwing bombs inside churches, mosques, markets, motor parks etc and killing innocent Nigerians?
Credit: Daily Independent (Nigeria)
