Shehu Sani, the senator
representing Kaduna Central has called on the federal government to look into
amnesty international report which accused security agencies of raping
thousands of women and girls at the Internally Displaced Persons camps in the
country.
Amnesty International on Thursday
in a new report entitled “They betrayed us”, stated “how the Nigerian military
and Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF) have separated women from their
husbands and confined them in remote ‘satellite camps’ where they have been
raped, sometimes in exchange for food.”
However, the Nigerian Military
condemned the report, describing it as a a false and urged the public to
disregard it.
Reacting, Sani urged the
government not to ignore such report but take actions against perpetrators.
The Kaduna lawmaker on his
Twitter page noted that the report had an iota of truth which if tackled will
hinder future occurrence of human rights abuses
He wrote “I just attended the
Amnesty Nigeria launch of their report on treatment of women in the North East.
“The Federal Government shouldn’t
dismiss it but should study the report, view it as a mirror and take actions
against the perpetrators of the documented gross human rights abuses.
“The amnesty report on Nigeria
tells us the uncomfortable truth. It cast the light on the dark corners of
impunity. It’s about us, it’s about what some of us did to some of us. The
report hurts but it can help to heal, by using it to avert future occurrence.
“All bad precedents begins with
justifiable measures.”
Meanwhile, the presidency had
stated that the report was inherently battling with credibility, falling
vehemently short of evidential narration.
Garba Shehu, on Wednesday said
the report is short on credibility because it does not contain factual leads
that could have laid the foundation for investigative actions.
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