LAGOS—HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, asked the Nigerian Army to end “attack, harassment and intimidation of Amnesty International and focus instead on addressing the several allegations of serious human rights violations and abuses by the Army.”
In a statement, in Lagos, Mr. Falana said: “The Nigerian military has also been indicted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Presidential Panel on Procurement of Arms and Ammunition, Judicial Commissions of Enquiry and the International Criminal Court, ICC, on gross human rights abuse and war crimes which are similar to the allegations documented by Amnesty International.”
The Nigerian Army, yesterday, said it would make a case for the closure of the Amnesty Int’l offices in Nigeria, alleging the human rights group “is working hard to destabilise the country.”
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But Falana, who faulted the Army’s remarks, said: “I…
