•Faults Malami
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Monday applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for directing the immediate prosecution of armed herdsmen and other criminals.
Following the development, HURIWA asked the Ministry of Justice to obey Buhari’s order, adding that the police should also enforce the law by building up strong case against all criminals.
The group advised that the prosecutorial activities must be transparent and accountable.
All criminals, Buhari said: “must be made to face the full weight of the law”.
Buhari had flayed the reported cases of ethnic violence across the country, saying his government will protect all religious and ethnic groups in line with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended.
The president, in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, vowed that his government will protect all religious and ethnic groups, whether majority or minority in line with its responsibility under the constitution.
The National Coordinator of HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko while briefing reporters in Abuja on the development said, the impression conveyed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami is that a set of suspects are above the law: “only because of their ethnicity”.
Onwubiko said that the perception is: “damaging to the image of the government. It is totally irregular, unconstitutional and absolutely illegal and we call on President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to order the AGF explicitly to either carry out the order to prosecute offenders or be dismissed frim public office”.
