The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has dismissed the position of the military hierarchy as offensive double standards after the Defence Headquarters stated that it chose not to go after former Niger Delta militant warlord, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, to avoid being accused of acting “undemocratically.”
HURIWA criticized the military’s double standard, stating it “stinks and diminishes the status of the armed forces of Nigeria.”
“It is such a pathetic sight to behold the Defence Headquarters talking back on Asari-Dokubo instead of enforcing the law by investigating, arresting, and prosecuting him, even if not for his most recent threat, but for his previous outings in which he was seen on videos brandishing military-grade assault rifles,” the association said in a statement signed by Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko.
“Is the Defence Headquarters feigning ignorance of all these videos of Asari-Dokubo?”
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, spoke in Abuja on Thursday while responding to a recent report about Asari-Dokubo’s alleged threat to shoot down a military helicopter that had reportedly hovered around his residence
