7, February 2025
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the attack on the Tsiga community in the Bakori local government area of Katsina State where a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (retd.) was abducted.
HURIWA in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, on Friday decried the abduction of the former NYSC DG during the attack.
The group said that the abduction of Tsiga and the killing of Justice Azuka, a member of Anambra State House of Assembly, by kidnappers shows that the Nigerian government at both National and sub-national levels “are doing little or nothing” to kidnappers and terrorists but only treating them with kid gloves.
HURIWA said the manifestations of spectacular successes by kidnappers and terrorists in pulling through the high profile terrorism related kidnappings, with the security forces displaying what it described as “crass incompetence and inactions”, show that Nigeria does not have functional intelligence gathering and proactive policing mechanisms that are workable.
The group said it wonders why President Bola Tinubu is satisfied with the mediocrity of his service chiefs, “including the incompetent Inspector-General of Police and the entire heads of the internal security institutions who draw public and taxpayers cash to operate in their various capacities which they have evidently failed to discharge creditably.”
HURIWA also questioned “Why has president Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government not fired these poorly performing security heads that he appointed?”
The statement added, “HURIWA has once more reiterated her stance that the National Assembly and the states houses of Assembly should amend relevant laws to make kidnappings as crimes against humanity punishable by the death penalty just as the law must compel the President and state governors to automatically sign the death warrants after appeals up to Court of Appeal are rejected.
“HURIWA reiterated her vigorous advocacy for the liberalisation of firearms licences to adult Nigerian citizens who are unblemished of any criminal records to their names.”
According to the group, “These killings are unprecedented and the Country must act because deprivation of life is the only human rights violation that has no remedy so the citizens need to be well armed for self defence.
“We propose that kidnappers should be executed publicly in their communities of origin in the township stadia with widespread media coverage to deter future kidnappings.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the state governors should declare a national state of emergency on kidnappings and then roll out emergency measures to smoke out kidnappers and terrorists who kidnap innocent Nigerians for ransom payments and subject them to quick, decisive justice with the stiffest capital punishments imposed on convicted kidnappers.
“This is the time today act before we are all kidnapped.
(www.naija247news.com)
