HURIWA condemns killing of kidnapped female student, hotelier in Ogbomoso, attack on Imo police station
08 August 2022 |
2:49 am
Civil rights group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has condemned the killing of the Proprietor of Tana Suites, Ogbomoso, Olugbenga Owolabi, and one of his workers
Nigerian police (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)
Demands tough measures against kidnappers
Civil rights group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has condemned the killing of the Proprietor of Tana Suites, Ogbomoso, Olugbenga Owolabi, and one of his workers, Rachael Opadele, a final year student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso.
They were kidnapped a week ago and killed after the kidnappers collected the demanded ransom.
Also, HURIWA has condemned the bombing of a police formation at Agwa in Oguta Local Council of Imo State, by a yet to be determined attackers, who slaughtered four police operatives in the line of duty, including some female operatives.
HURIWA said the sporadic attacks targeting strategic national security assets in Imo State are sophisticated and well-coordinated incidents that should by now have become a thing of the past if the security agencies had adopted scientific evidence-based and forensic investigations of all the various cases of attacks.
According to HURIWA, “for over two years that this sinister campaign of terrorism against identified security assets in the South East, the entire security institutions have failed to use scientific and professional mechanisms to determine and pin down these attacks to verifiable and concretely established suspects rather than the lazy pastime of often naming Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) even without investigations. To date, not one suspect has been convicted in the competent court of law.”
Consequently, HURIWA called for a more thorough professional approach to law enforcement actions in the South East began, including the use of modern technology to ascertain culprits.
HURIWA further lamented the failure of security forces to trail the calls to the spots, whereby the hostages were kept to rescue with minimal risks.
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