HURIWA Raises alarm over alleged misuse of officers of Nigerian Air-force, others
Oru Leonard
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has raised alarm on the alleged misuse of officers and men of the Nigerian Air Force in Enugu State for Land grabs.
This is stated in a release made available to News Dot Africa at Abuja today.
‘HURIWA have been inundated with petitions from all over the Country on the apparent professional misconduct of men and officers of some military outfits which goes against their constitutional mandates as clearly spelt out in sections 217-220 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria of 1999 as amended.
“we have been told that officers of the Air Force of Nigeria are been misused and deployed to chase land owners around Enugu because they (Air Force officers) were allegedly bribed by the Housing ministry officials to take people’s lands to sell to land SPECULATORS, which deprived rightful owners their rights to own immovable property as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution”, HURIWA said.
HURIWA also noted that it is not the first time it was reported that the military are veering off into purely civil matters even when there are grave threats to the nation, as the legal framework concerning the operations of the Nigerian military is basically to maintain the territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
HURIWA stated that only two days ago there were demonstrations in the North including the home state of the President Muhammadu Buhari which is Katsina by Nigerians who were demonstrating the breaches of security and the violent attacks of their communities by armed hoodlums.
“The entire Northern Nigeria are under one form of attacks or the other with thousands of civilians getting killed with communities getting burnt and destroyed. Armed herdsmen have killed innocent farmers in Oguta in Imo State and many other places
“The President has also reportedly expressed disappointment that the military is not doing enough to check the expanding frontiers of terror attacks”, HURIWA added.
HURIWA appealed to the dear Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, whose antecedents suggest, is peace loving and subservient to the dictates of the rule of law to call this his lieutenant, Commissioner of Housing Mr. Vitus Okechi, who has been alleged to the security agencies to order, before hapless citizens resort to self-help and anarchy sets in.
HURIWA also urged the Heads of Security agencies to check the dangerous trend of men and officers of the Security architecture, abandoning their core responsibility and becoming undertakers for land grabbers in Enugu.
