Amnesty International
says the federal government has failed families of the 640 recaptured Boko
Haram detainees of Giwa Barracks reportedly killed by soldiers in 2014.
On March 14, 2014, Boko
Haram attacked the Giwa military barracks in Maiduguri, Borno stste, reportedly
freeing hundreds of its members who were detained there.
Commenting on the
incident on Friday, Osai Ojigho, director of the human rights group said the
organisation “received credible evidence that as the military regained control,
more than 600 people, mostly unarmed recaptured detainees, were
extra-judicially executed in various locations across Maiduguri”.
Ojigho said families of
the victims have been waiting for the government to bring the perpetrators of
the alleged killing to book all to no avail.
She accused the
government of attempting to shield human rights violators from facing justice.
“We have repeatedly
called on Nigerian authorities to initiate independent and effective
investigations to ensure that those behind the massacre that happened six years
ago face justice,” Ojigho said.
“Despite repeated
promises by the present government and establishing various committees to
investigate the 14 March 2014 killings, not a single person has been held
responsible or brought to justice for the mass killings that is among the most
horrific incidents perpetrated by the military in the ongoing conflict in the
north east.
“The fact that not a
single person has been brought to justice for the Giwa Barracks massacre shows
lack of genuine commitment to protecting human rights and a deliberate attempt
to shield human rights violators from facing justice.
“Families of victims have
been keenly waiting for justice in the last six years, and their wait is only
getting longer and strengthening an already pervasive culture of impunity
within the Nigerian military.
“Nigeria authorities must
show genuine commitment to the rule of law by ensuring accountability and
justice for all victims. Above all, perpetrators of the Giwa Barracks massacre
must not escape justice.”
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