Nigerian Bar Association,
NBA has lamented over the large scale destruction orchestrated by the Nigerian
Army in Naka, Gwer West local government area of Benue State, where over 300
houses were razed and one person reportedly killed last week.
Chairman Makurdi Branch of
the NBA Emmanuel Agbakor who made the lamentation yesterday during an interview
with newsmen at the 2018 Law Week organized by the branch, said a team of
lawyers have been sent to the area to carry out assessment of the level of
destruction with a view to pursue legal action against the military.
Agbakor also, frowned at
the manner the Federal Government is handling killings of innocent and helpless
Benue Indigenes by suspected herdsmen, intimating that the body has taken
government and the nation security chiefs to the international court for their
unholy silence.
He said what is happening
in Benue is genocide, crime against humanity which is an international crime
among many others being perpetrated across the state and in the country, saying
this crime has a way of impacting on the world.
He maintained that the 2018
law week seeks to address these issues by looking at the possibility of
administering it through Nigerian criminal justice.
Also speaking, Paul Usoro,
SAN, who presented a paper at the occasion, explained that the essence of the
law week is beneficial to young lawyers, mentorship on topical issues and in
the administration of justice in Nigeria.
The week has as its theme,
‘Incorporating International Crimes into the Corpus of Criminal Justice in
Nigeria: Prospects and challenges”.
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