Nigeria. These killers have been protected by the military, they cover
them and you must be watchful to guide and protect yourselves because
you have no any other place to go.” _ – T. Y. Danjuma (Source:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/20
The above excerpt from the alarm raised by former Minister of Defense,
Gen. Theophilus Danjuma in March of 2018, calling for Nigerians to
defend themselves against a systematic government orchestrated ethnic
cleansing, was held by some in disbelief till the bizarre events of
August the 7th when Nigeria’s police reported that men of the Nigerian
army killed policemen on duty who had identified themselves and set free
handcuffed kidnap kingpin suspect, “Alhaji Hamisu.”
This is serious. Firstly let it be clear that the police are the only
law enforcers in Nigeria. The police are the only constitutionally
authorised body that can make arrests, indict and press charges in
court. Except under military rule or martial law periods –meaning when
a state of emergency is declared– Nigeria’s military only have a
domestic role as an assistant to the police. See related section below.
This is obvious as the military have no handcuffs, no notebooks and like
any one of us “bloody civilians” are not trained in documenting civilian
crimes and making submissions to the Judiciary. This is why in domestic
law enforcement, the military can only act as led and directed by the
police, unless given particular duties by the National Assembly. Within
civil society, soldiers have as much law enforcing rights as “bloody
civilians.” Harmed, they have to report to the police as we do.
INDICTMENTS: TREASON, TERROR AND ORGANIZED CRIME KIDNAPPING ENTERPRISE
OPERATIONS
This noted, the categorical indictment contained in the August 7th
official press release by the Nigerian police is a formal indictment of
the Nigerian military of terrorism, treason, aiding and abetting
kidnapping and frank tyranny. The devastated Nigerian police have
continued to press for military accountability via twitter hashtags.
The Nigerian police force in their indictment categorically stated that
the policemen killed by the Nigerian military promptly and properly
identified themselves. The act of deliberately assassinating an officer
of the law is an act of treason and terror. The Nigerian army therefore
stands indicted of these heinous crimes by Nigeria’s official law
enforcers.
Nigeria’s Anti Terrorism Act of 2011 as Amended under its “ACTS OF
TERRORISM AND RELATED OFFENCES” Defines:
(ii) seriously intimidate a population; (iii) seriously destabilize or
destroy the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social
structures of a country or an international organization; or (iv)
otherwise influence such government or international organization by
intimidation or coercion; and (c) involves or causes, as the case may
be— (i) an attack upon a person’s life which may cause serious bodily
harm or death; (ii) kidnapping of a person;
The actions of the Nigerian army fall into the above descriptions of
acts of terror – terror to civilians, terror to enforcement officials,
and participation in organized kidnapping enterprise.
The Nigerian police force in their indictment categorically accused
soldiers of the Nigerian army of deliberately freeing one of Nigeria’s
most wanted kidnapping masterminds. This indictment exposes the military
as conspirators, harbingers, and benefactors in the dastardly organised
kidnapping terror enterprise threatening the very existence of Nigeria.
The Nigerian Police force in their indictment categorically accused
soldiers of the Nigerian army, as constitutionally recognized as a
second order in law enforcement, of interference with and willful
obstruction of law enforcement. These are very very heavy indictments
and acts against the constitution in promotion of anarchy.
ADMITTED GUILT: CONCERNS AND IMPLICATIONS
The statement of the Nigerian army in response to the indictment by the
Police serves as a culpability note and inadvertent admission of guilt
in treasonable crimes against the State.
The Nigerian army admitted to assassinating Nigerian law enforcers on
official duty who by law have no constitutional obligation to inform the
army of their missions in service to the State, an excuse the army
attempted to present.
The Nigerian army in its admission of guilt claimed it was responding to
a distress call of kidnap. We hereby categorically confirm that all
evidence indicates the call the soldiers received was a distress call
from no one other than Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, the kidnap kingpin who
commanded them to come and rescue him from the police.
Blackmail: The fear of Alhaji Hamisu revealing cooperation and dealings
with men of the Nigerian army, and exposing the involvement of men under
Buratai in the running of the organized crime kidnapping enterprise, is
seriously evident from the reported actions of the soldiers in freeing
the suspect. It is also plausible that the officers killed were
policemen who had already interrogated Alhaji Hamisu and who the
soldiers assassinated to conceal links to themselves and the military
top command which Alhaji Hamisu might have divulged during his arrest.
We challenge the army to provide details of the phone number from which
the alleged distress call came and for this record to be verified by
Nigeria’s mobile network companies.l and independent international
investigators.
The Nigerian army in its denial claimed the police shot at them first.
This is a grave counter claim accusing the Nigerian police force of
willfully firing at soldiers. We do not believe the Nigerian police
force will take this accusation against its injured, dead and distraught
honorable intelligence men lightly. By its claim the Nigerian army is
inferring that the police kidnapped a kidnapper. Why else will the
police refuse to stop and go as far as firing at the soldiers. It is
peculiar to note that no soldier was reported killed or even injured in
the incident.
Nigeria’s police force has video evidence of its officers properly
identifying themselves as the army unleashed terror on them.
Importantly, the army claimed to have called a “Divisional Police
Officer of Ibi Police Division” to first find out if there was a police
action. While it is unbelievable that the army routinely first calls
police stations to ask if they are on missions before responding to
kidnap distress calls, recent follow-up statements by the vexed and
frustrated police have dismissed these as lies, with the police stating
that the raid even included men from the particular police division.
By admitting to killing Nigerian policemen on State duty and
deliberately or inadvertently setting free an arrested terror kingpin,
the Nigerian military has finally and totally rendered Nigeria lawless
and ungovernable. No police officer will be able to do his duty
henceforth and arrest criminals, kidnappers and terrorists for fear of
being assassinated by men under General Buratai’s charge. This has far
reaching implications and consequences on the sovereignty of Nigeria.
By not immediately suspending and arresting the accused soldiers but
rather pushing an inadmissible counter-narrative, General Tukur Yusuf
Buratai is indicted in culpable homicide, terror against the State,
flaunt of constitutional role and the rule of law and frank treason. By
allegedly freeing a kidnap kingpin, Buratai is also guilty of
participation in organized crime, State terror and kidnapping and
automatically becomes chief suspect in all kidnap cases across the
federation which have been happening in locations and camps known to
many as Senator Abbo lamented when his family were killed and abducted.
BUHARI'S CULPABILITY BY ATTEMPT TO COVERUP
By his coverup attempt, response to the treasonable incident, president
Muhammadu Buhari becomes indicted as a patron or custodian of this
accused military supervised kidnap enterprise. Buhari responded to the
indicting report by Nigeria’s law enforcers, of military treason and
cooperation with most wanted kidnappers, by ordering the Nigerian
military to investigate itself. In this heinous crime, telling the
military to investigate itself is a certain and indisputable coverup
from the highest office. This unconscionable response is not only wicked
and makes the president culpable in the acts against the state, but it
also is in clear flaunt of the rule of law. Nigeria’s military have no
constitutional right or role to investigate themselves for violations of
the law, and to investigate the police. The police on the other hand are
constitutionally authorized to investigate all matters bordering on law
enforcement within the state of Nigeria. Therefore Buhari has used his
authority to protect the kidnaping establishment of Nigeria by
protecting Buratai and the soldiers under his command on “bizarre” duty
guarding kidnap camps and going as far as killing police who arrest
kidnappers.
This latest indictment adds on a list of not less treasonable offenses
Nigeria’s military chiefs have been accused of which show a pattern of
officers who have no respect for Nigerian citizens alive and dead.
PRIOR CASES OF CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE AND HUMANITY BY NIGERIAN
MILITARY TOP COMMAND:
1. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was indicted by a Kaduna state governor
Nasir el-Rufai judicial panel in the massacre of at least 347 shia
minority Muslims and their secret midnight burial in a mass grave at
Mando cemetery. Buratai and by extension President Muhammadu Buhari are
jointly indicted in this case for not acting upon the report of the
panel and punishing the indicted soldiers including major General
Olukayode. (See confession:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com
2. General Tukur Buratai in 2016 was implicated in the massacre of at
least 100 Igbo youth in Onitsha and the alleged secret mass burial of
same. (Read report here:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com
3. Recently the wall street journal repeated and validated calls
concerned Nigerians and activists like Aisha Yesufu of BringBackOurGirls
had made about secret burials of dead Nigerian soldiers. The Nigerian
army under its leadership is accused of suppressing actual figures of
soldiers dead to the extent it buries them en masse in secret to push a
political tale of victory over Boko Haram.
NIGERIAN NEEDS TOTAL SECURITY AND LEADERSHIP OVERHAUL
We will never let this matter be swept under the carpet till there is
total justice and true change. The fear of Nigeria’s military being
hired protectors and collaborators of kidnappers and terrorists ravaging
the country, and getting so brazen they kill our police officers to
conceal their atrocities and release criminals is terminal. Buhari and
his inSecurity chiefs have been known to be guilty by negligence and
corruption, but this dimension of guilty by design and collaboration
cannot continue without capital justice and leadership change.
We call on the world to come to our aid. The Nigerian police are the
latest victims in crimes they have been a part of, but we cannot survive
without our police and stand by them in their time of desperation as
they become the latest part of the nation’s #RevolutionNow cries to end
injustice, despotism, abusive impunity and frank tyranny!
#JusticeForSlainPolice
#ProvideAnswersNigerianArmy
#WhereIsEspiritDCorp
Dr. Issa Perry Brimah, Whatsapp: +234-903-420-3031; +1-929-427-5305;
@CabalMustGo; @EveryNigerian
