(Intersociety & SBCHROs, Onitsha Nigeria: 5th
March 2017)-Tyranny or Dictatorship is
not solely brought into existence in any political territory by an emerging
leader with tyrannical or dictatorial intents; but it can only exist if the
attentive segment of the public (i.e. top judicial officials, CSOs, rights
activists, media, labour and professional bodies, etc), who are the harnessers,
movers and modifiers of the un-attentive public (i.e. the masses) choose to
slumber, compromise and turn service to humanity or social sainthood into
merchandize or illicit business enterprise”( Emeka Umeagbalasi; Criminologist
& Graduate of Security Studies, and Board Chair of Intersociety 2015).
It is on account
of the foregoing that the leaderships of International
Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) and Southeast
Based Coalition of Human Rights Organizations (SBCHROs) wish to decry strongly
the resurgence of tainted saints in Nigeria, on account of the long absence of
ailing President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria; notoriously known in the
Southeast rights community and other social quarters as the Butcher of Aso Rock.
By tainted
saints, we mean a group of Nigerians with robust and compelling hybrid
academic and social expertise who hitherto distinguished themselves as
Nigeria’s mainstream rights activists and pro democracy CSOs’ leaders or Lagos
School of Social Sainthood; but who unforgivably or unpardonably
compromised and slumbered following the emergence of the atrocious
Administration of Retired Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari; which they
conspiratorially installed.
It is totally
correct to say that their ignoble roles were responsible for the audacity and
alacrity with which the atrocious Administration of Retired Major Gen Muhammadu
Buhari embarked on butcheries of incomparable records and propoortions as well
as other forms of regime atrocities.
For instance,
under the leadership of a number of prominent members of the Lagos former School of Social
Sainthood, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) watched cowardly,
leprously and abominably while the atrocious Administration of Retired Major
Gen Muhammadu Buhari butchered over 1000 unarmed and defenceless members of the
Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and over 80 unarmed and defenceless members
of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other Pro Biafra Campaigners. The
periods of the butcheries took place between July 2015 and February 2016 when
the said prominent Lagos former Social Sainthood School members were still
holding sway as the NHRC leaders.
As if that was
not enough, the NHRC under the said leadership abominably issued a report
indicting the IMN and disentangling the murderous Nigerian Army and its COAS.
The said report was grossly in contradiction with the empirical findings of
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other leading local rights groups
in Nigeria. During the 2015 General Elections, the NHRC and its referenced
leadership patently became a branch of INEC and APC and virtually took over the
judicial proceedings in the Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States’
Governorship Elections Tribunals.
Nowhere in the
NHRC’s records and archives, till date, contains a single press statement
condemning the atrocious killing of unarmed and defenceless Pro Biafra
Campaigners including those who gathered at the National High School in Aba to
clap and sing with their bibles, chaplets and Biafra flags. Till date all forms of
regime atrocities pervading present the Buhari Administration have been condoned
by the NHRC and members of the Lagos former School of Social Sainthood.
Since the
disappearance and absence of ailing President Muhammadu Buhari-THE BUTCHER OF
ASO ROCK; these cowardly and tainted social saints have resurged and started
speaking out. When their butcher-commander-in-chief was on the throne; they
hardly talk or when they do, they speak from both sides of their mouths. Also
when their grand paymaster was physically in-charge, they furnished same with
technicalities and escape routes as they concerned mountainous regime
atrocities of the former. They even held shallowly and falsely that “killing of
Pro Biafra Campaigners is not legally admissible at the ICC or that ICC has
refused to admit or investigate same”.
During their
midwifery of National Human Rights Commission, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
Commission, among other Federal Government or public establishments in Nigeria
or any part thereof; their human rights and service to humanity backgrounds
were jettisoned and they turned themselves into business enterprisers; while their
fellow rights activists were scorned and tagged “pathological noise makers and
serial wailers”. Totality of these explains why they hardly speak their
independent minds till date without their illicit funders reminding them of
where, location and value of proceeds of their illicit business enterprises
earned through bread and butter activism.
As recently as
few days ago, these cowardly and tainted social saints suddenly and noisily woke up
from slumber and invaded Kuje Prison to shake hands with the same inmates they
conspired to cocoon, cajole and persecute. Certainly, phone calls must have
rented the air before such leprous invasion was undertaken to confirm and
ensure that “the Butcher of Aso Rock” will no longer come back and mount the
Aso Rock throne.
Our major reason
of issuing this joint statement is not to deprive or prevent these Nigerians of
their choice to probate and reprobate or turncoat; but to remind all Nigerians
of the roles of same since July 2015 and prior to same. Nigerians have
forgotten and will never forget!
As for them too,
events of the coming weeks will truly show them their level of falling and
precipitation. In the current scheme of things in Nigeria’s human rights and
pro democracy circles; we make bold to say that they are chronically aloof and
will never be the same again!
Signed:
For: International Society for Civil Liberties &
the Rule of Law (Intersociety)
Emeka Umeagbalasi, Board Chairman
Mobile Line: +2348174090052
Email: info@intersociety-ng.org
Website: www.intersociety-ng.org
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