The human rights lawyer made it clear that he would personally apply for an order or mandamus for Sherriff and others to be investigated and be prosecuted after the expiration of the week-long ultimatum.
The senior
lawyer said he was miffed that Sherriff had used his closeness to the Presidency
the security agencies have failed to investigate and prosecute him and other
sponsors of terrorism in the country since the directive was given in 2012 by
the same Presidency. He alleged: “Owing
to the connection of Alhaji Sheriff with the Presidency the security agencies
have failed to implement the directives of the Federal Government which were
handed down since May 2012.Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, insisted
that Sherriff could not extricate himself from the activities of the group,
having been identified with individuals who played key role in the formation
and spread of the virulent group.
Falana, who
decried Sherriff’s denial of non-involvement with the group, said there was
enough evidence from the reports of committees raised by the Federal Government
on the sect to prove that the former governor had a hand in the dastardly
activities of the group.
The lawyer
chided the former governor over his claim, saying that he should explain to
Nigerians the basis of the appointment of Alhaji Buji Foi, a Boko Haram leader
as the Commissioner of Religious Affairs in Borno State.Falana said it was
curious that Buji Foi, who resigned from the Sheriff government and joined the
Boko Haram sect,was extra-judicially killed after his arrest by the soldiers.
He also said
that as the Chief Security Officer in Borno State at the material time, the
ex-governor should open up on the circumstances of the extra judicial killing
of Muhammed Yusuff and his father-in-law, Alhaji Kuba.The lawyer pointed out
that before the latest revelation by Stephen Davis, the Goodluck Jonathan
Administration had set up the Ambassador Usman Galtimari Panel to investigate
the genesis of the insurgency in the North East, which traced the origin of
Boko Haram to politicians, who used them as thugs for political purposes.
Quoting one
of the recommendations of reached by the Presidential Panel, Falana wrote: “The
Report traced the origin of private militias in Borno State in particular, of
which Boko Haram is an offshoot, to politicians who set them up in the run-up
to the 2003 general elections. “The militias were allegedly armed and used
extensively as political thugs.After the elections and having achieved their
primary purpose, the politicians left the militias to their fate since they
could not continue funding and keeping them employed. With no visible means of
sustenance, some of the militias gravitated towards religious extremism, the
type offered by Mohammed Yusuf.
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ReplyDeleteI think Sherriff is just a hundreth fraction, d real initiators are still around, parading themselves as the answer to the country
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