Perceived to have been culpable in the deadly clash between members of pro-Biafra group, IPOB and security personnel in Emene, Enugu, Enugu state on August 23, 2020, a human rights organisation, International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law, has called on the federal government to investigate security chiefs in Enugu with the aim to dismissing them from service.
The organisation in a terse letter to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, dated Friday, September 18, 2020, asked the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith to “promptly, thoroughly, independently, impartially and conclusively’ investigate and dismiss or recommend for dismissal from the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy, the Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria’s State Security Service of five complicit senior security officers indicted in our special report on Emene massacre of Sunday, 23rd August, 2020, which was released on Sunday, 13th Sept., 2020.”
The letter to the SGF was dated 18th Sept 2020 and referenced: Int.003/9/20/SGF/FGN/NG while that of the PSC was dated same date and referenced: Int.004/9/20/PSC/ABJ/NG named complicit security officers to include: Police AIG, Danmallam Mohammed, AIG, Zone 13, Anambra State; Police Commissioner, Ahmad Abdurrahman, CP, Enugu state Police Command; Director Obande Olotu, immediate past director of SSS, Enugu state; Major Gen. Lasisi A. Adegboye, GOC, 82 Div, Enugu and Air Vice Marshal Idi Amin, Air Officer Command, Ground Training Command, Nigerian Air Force Base, Enugu.
The organisation said they want the officers axed because, “the named complicit officers were not only directly or vicariously involved in the massacre, but also gravely abused their offices and powers and acted abusively, crudely, hatefully and murderously.”
