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Rights abuse: 27 Groups petition 31 embassies over General Buratai, others


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February 15, 2021
A coalition of 27 human rights and advocacy groups has petitioned 31 Embassies, including European Union (EU), United Kingdom, and many African countries, urging them to reject the posting of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai (rtd), and others over human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings perpetrated under his leadership as army chief.
It also called for sanctions against over 20 other serving and retired military and police chiefs, including the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru.
A separate petition by the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) accused the Nigerian Army of illegal detention and alleged rape of 53 young girls at the Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja. ....

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Alleged Rights Abuse: 27 Groups Petition 31 Embassies over Buratai, Others


Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
A coalition of 27 human rights and advocacy groups has petitioned 31 Embassies, including European Union (EU), United Kingdom, and many African countries, urging them to reject the posting of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai (rtd), and others over human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings perpetrated under his leadership as army chief.
It also called for sanctions against over 20 other serving and retired military and police chiefs, including the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru.
A separate petition by the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) accused the Nigerian Army of illegal detention and alleged rape of 53 young girls at the Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja. ....

United States , United Kingdom , Rivers State , Abuja Federal Capital Territory , Tukur Buratai , Ibrahim Attahiru , Emeka Umeagbalasi , Mohammed Yerima , Peter Afunanya , Justice Chidi , Onyenkachi Orjiako , Justin Akujieze , Kingsley Nwezeh , Moses Nwaigwe , Austin Okeke , Gen Tukur Buratai , Anthony Ejiofor , Uzodimma Nwala , World Igbo Congress United States , Army Staff , Nigerian Army , Biafra Genocide Survivors Group United States , Intl Association Of African Authors , Department Of State Security , Ekwenche Research Institute United States , Obinze Army Barracks In Owerri ,