Deji Adeyanju has punished a later him and his colleagues just sent to the International Criminal Court to arrest and investigate the just retired Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai for crimes he committed against Nigerians over the years in service.
Below is the content of the letter;
Our letter to the ICC calling for the arrest and investigation of Tukur Buratai for crimes against humanity:
28th January, 2021
Mrs. Fatou Bensouda
Chief Prosecutor
Office of the Prosecutor
International Criminal Court
The Hague
The Netherlands
ATTENTION:
i. The President of the United States of America
Through the Ambassador, US Embassy in Nigeria
ii. British Prime Minister
Through the High Commissioner, UK Embassy in Nigeria
iii. President of the European Union
Through the Head of Mission, EU in Nigeria
iv. President of INTERPOL
Through Head of INTERPOL in Nigeria
Your Excellencies,
A CALL FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND ARREST OF TUKUR BURATAI
We write to call on the International Criminal Court and all lovers of democracy and human rights in the world to immediately investigate, arrest and prosecute Lieutenant General Buratai (Rtd) who was just relieved of his duty as Chief of Army Staff for crimes against humanity and the Nigerian people.
It will be recalled that sometimes in 2015, Lieutenant General Buratai (Rtd) ordered members of the Nigerian army to kill over 300 defenseless Nigerian Shiite Muslims on the unjustifiable ground that they “touched a general’s chest”. That event has been appropriately tagged the Zaira massacre and it has further worsened the insecurity situation in Nigeria. Shortly thereafter, Lieutenant Buratai (Rtd) ordered the Nigerian soldiers to kill hundreds of Nigerian citizens of South Eastern extraction, in the guise of searching for members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). It is particularly noteworthy to mention that as at the time Lieutenant General Buratai (Rtd) ordered the massacre of IPOB members, the group had not been proscribed by the Nigeria Government. Additionally, we have been able to gather from different independent sources, that Lieutenant General Buratai (Rtd) personally ordered the killing of the innocent protesters at Lekki toll gate, Lagos, on October 20, 2020.
It is on the basis of the foregoing, among other human rights abuses, that we call on the International Criminal Court and friends of Nigeria to urgently investigate, arrest and prosecute Lieutenant General Buratai (Rtd), to serve as a deterrent to members of the Nigerian Armed Forces and their civilian collaborators who have made it a point of duty to indiscriminately abuse citizens’ human rights.
Comrade Deji Adeyanju
Convener
CC: President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR
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