Human Rights Group Condemns “Harassment” Of Former NSA, Sambo Dasuki

A pro-Democracy Non-governmental

organisation -HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS

ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA ) has

condemned without reservations the reported

invasion and gestapo operations at the

homes of the immediate past National

Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd)

on the alleged directives from the Presidency.

In a statement by the National Coordinator

Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the

National Media affairs Director Miss Zainab

Yusuf, HURIWA, has called on President

Muhammadu Buhari to respect the

democratic and civilised tenets of principle of

rule of law and follow due process and

constitutional format in seeking to redress

any alleged abuse of authority by any top

government officials in the immediate past

administration.

HURIWA has therefore called on the National

Assembly to stop the incessant quarrels and

unwarranted adjournments to begin the real

business of providing effective checks and

balances to the Executive and Judicial arms

of government to prevent Nigeria from

skidding into dictatorship and tyranny.

Besides, the Rights group has tasked the

current Nigerian civilian government to abide

by the avowed commitments it made to

Nigerians to respect the constitutionally

guaranteed fundamental human rights of all

Nigerians including members of the past

democratic dispensation.

The Executive Arm of government cannot use

brute force to seek to arrest any perceived

opponents or persons allegedly in conflict

with the law.

“The Nigerian Constitution even recognised

accused persons facing normal prosecution as

innocent in the eye of the law until otherwise

ruled by the competent court of law.