Nigerian Military Accuses Amnesty International Of Being Biased

Amnesty International had yesterday revealed a well detailed
report alleging that the Nigerian military during their war
with Boko Haram sect committed acts against human rights
and demanded some senior military personnels to be
presented to the International Criminal Court, ICC in Hague
Netherland.
Nigerian Military Accuses Amnesty International Of
Lt-Gen Azubuike Ihejirika
In a statement released by the Defence Headquarters, said
that the allegation was geared towards continuation of
blackmail against the military hierarchy in which the
organisation had embarked upon as far back as the
inception of military’s action against terrorist in the North
East.
The military said that their officers mentioned in the report
had no reason to indulge in such acts and accused the
organization of just going out to gather names of specified
senior officers, in a calculated attempt to rubbish their
reputation as well as the image of the military.
Military’s Hitler-Style War Crimes In Northeast
The military started that they have already responded to
and cleared all these allegations in the public and officially.
The military also then went forward and accused the
Amnesty International group of concorting lies and showing
extreme bias.
The statement read: The title down to the body of the
allegation smacks of the extreme bias, which is disturbing
coming from an otherwise reputable organisation that is
expected to be just and fair to all. Unfortunately in this
case, has taken a premeditated position, which is far from
noble.
It is curious that a body that has never been able to
seriously condemn terror in Nigeria now claims to have
done an extensive research with the aim of discrediting the
nation’s effort at curtailing terror.
It is clear that Amnesty International (AI) becomes more
active in presenting distractive allegations whenever the
terrorists are losing ground in the battle. It is very
unfortunate that Amnesty International has used this report
to further confirm its questionable interest in the counter-
terrorism effort in Nigeria.
The military then said it was unfair of the AI to ignore the
gallant effort being done by the army but instead try to
tarnish the name of the service.
The Nigerian military also reinstated that they have never
encouraged nor condoned abuse of human rights and will
never leave any case of such unpunished.
The Amnesty International report had seeked for the probe
of senior military officers like General Azubuike
Ihejirika, Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim, Air Chief Marshal
Badeh and General Ken Minimah.