By Yemi Itodo
A prominent Civil Rights organization- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA), has called on all Nigerians of goodwill, World leaders, the United Nations Organisation, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to rein in reactionary elements within the security forces to desist from attacking notable and perceived political opposition leaders.
HURIWA has also cautioned against impunity and lawlessness on the part of key cabinet members of the federal government who have heavily politicised the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Department of State Services (DSS) and the military, even as the rights group warned that political biasness and partisanship that have started polluting the hierarchies of these key security agencies may destroy constitutional democracy, unless immediate measures are adopted to ensure that the due process of the law and the constitutional tenets become the hallmark of government activities.
In a statement jointly signed by Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, National Coordinator and Miss Zainab Yusuf, the National Director of Media, the group alleged plots by agencies of the federal government to raid the residence of the deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, during or after the pubic holidays.
HURIWA said it had it on good authority that the federal government, on Thursday, sought a warrant to search the Senator’s home during the holiday, but no Judge would append a signature to it since there was no affidavit to support the request.
It alleged that, whereas the sacked former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Innocent Umezulike, who was supposed to be on overseas medical treatment for which his International Passport confiscated in the course of his ongoing corruption trials was released to him, information from sources around the former CJ revealed that he was allegedly holed up in Abuja allegedly boasting that Ekweremadu’s home would be raided soon.
“Ordinarily, there would have been no cause for concern when government does its work dispassionately, professionally, not a politically-induced manhunt.
