Mass graves were reported found in Kaduna, location of the recent military<\/p>\n
action against the Islamic Movement. On February 6th “activists” found a
\nmass burial ground at Mando Kaduna cemetery along the Birnin Gwari road
\nnear Hajj camp, that had been ploughed by caterpillars. They said it
\ncontained some of the bodies of movement victims that had been killed by
\nwhat has been regarded as an overhanded military “honour killing” reaction.<\/p>\n
When mass graves are found, it is a humanitarian alarm and trigger for
\nimmediate investigation. But frankly, who will investigate these mass
\ngraves when the suspected perpetrators are the State and Nigerian army?<\/p>\n
The Nigerian Attorney General Malami has refused to open an investigation
\ninto the happenings of last December. Nigeria has left it to the implicated
\nState government and Nigerian army to investigate themselves. The Kaduna
\nState government has been accused of exhuming bodies at the Darur Rahma
\nburial ground. Decayed carcasses from that burial ground were transported
\nand dumped somewhere, perhaps also in the discovered location at the Mando
\ncemetery.<\/p>\n
A list of 705 missing victims has been released. The corpses in the mass
\nburial ground need to be forensically studied to see if they are remains of
\nsome of the missing Muslim victims. The families have also stated their
\nright to properly burry their lost loved ones according to Muslim rights.
\nThese bodies were simply dumped there in very inhumane fashion.<\/p>\n
Nigerian and the international human rights watch’s, the media and other
\nhumanitarian conscious individuals are urged to urgently press for justice.
\nThe Nigerian military must urgently come forward and confess on where it
\ndumped bodies if it did so, so they can be investigated before decay. The
\nPanel constituted by the Kaduna government is
\na chair-and-table investigation panel at best and not an action panel. The
\nNigerian police whose duty has been replaced by the army and now the Kaduna
\npanel needs to recognize its responsibilities in civil crises. Contrary to
\nthe expressed opinion of Nigeria’s President during his media chat,
\nthe police are meant to have opened an investigation into the events of
\nDecember 12-16th, investigating all parties and should have been the ones
\nto discover and investigate the alleged mass graves. They should start now
\nor they will be held to account for abandonment of their constitutional
\nduties.<\/p>\n
There is urgent need for action as families are crying not knowing whether
\ntheir loved ones are dead or alive, and what can be worse?<\/p>\n
Dr. Peregrino Brimah @EveryNigerian\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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