A Pro-democracy
and non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria
(HURIWA), has blamed the numerous criminal attacks on
family members or
property of the immediate past president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on the alleged
co-ordinated hate-speeches spewed out by government officials.
In a
statement issued by its National Co-ordinator, Mr. Emmanuel Onwubiko, the group
said it was illegal for persons holding strategic offices in the current
administration to have allegedly deployed public resources at their disposal to
wage consistent propaganda war aimed at graphically painting the family members
of the immediate past president as corrupt when there is no court judgment to
that effect.
“When a
government at the highest level spends humongous amount of public fund to
spread false accusations and soft tissues of half-baked propaganda to castigate
family members of the man who peacefully handed over power to them, then their
fanatical supporters and other free radicals will cease upon these agenda of
demonisation and criminalisation of this family to legitimise any attack or
even crime targeting the family members of the erstwhile President.
“The
Presidency and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are responsible
for these rash of attacks on the former President. This trend must stop to
avoid the consequences of what may follow any direct attack (God forbids) on
the person of the former President by hoodlums,” the statement said.
The rights
group, which condemned the recent burglary of the former president’s house,
urged the security forces to be much more professional and avoid recruiting
people who would tarnish the institutional image of the Nigeria police and
bring international opprobrium to the country.It also called for the ethical
overhaul of the Police Force to weed out the many bad eggs damaging the
corporate image of the institution.
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