Ten Biafran agitators have filed a suit against Nigeria’s Chief of
Army Staff, Tukur Buratai and 13 others, for their alleged complicity in
the 2016 torture and extra-judicial killings of some Biafra protesters.
The suit, John Doe, et al vs. Tukur Yusuf Buratai et al, with civil
action No. 1:17-cv-01033, has been assigned to Ellen Huvelle, a district
judge in the US.
The plaintiffs are seeking millions of dollars as damages, for their “grievous losses and suffering”.
However, at a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday, some civil
society groups claimed that those lawsuit, were being used to distract
the military.
President of one of the groups, the National Committee of Yoruba
Youth (NCYY), says his organisation would write a petition to the US
Embassy in Nigeria over the issue.
“We have concluded plans to petition the embassy of the United States
in Nigeria over yet another attempt to carry out orchestrated plans to
distract the nation’s security agencies, particularly the Nigerian
Army,” he said.
“The activities of these persons who now seek to hide under the US
Judicial system to distract Nigeria’s ongoing war against terrorism,
separatists’ agitation and all forms of insurgency pose several security
threats to not just Nigeria, but also to other countries of the world.
“We will mobilise the support of the United States government and
other international bodies to assist Nigeria in promoting and sustaining
the peaceful atmosphere currently being experienced in the country as a
result of the brilliant effort of the administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari, coupled with the untiring commitment of the nation’s
security agencies.
“We wish to advise those persons and their political patrons who
think they can hide in foreign lands to truncate the ongoing process of
sustaining our country’s unity and mutual trust to have a rethink, and
join in the ongoing process of building a new Nigeria”, they said.
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