Fani-Kayode: Buhari Must Explain His Crimes against Ndigbo During Civil War
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation yesterday put to task the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammed Buhari saying he must explain the dark sides of his activities during the civil war.
Addressing journalists in Umuahia Abia State capital the Director of Media and Publicity of the campaign organisation, Chief Femi-Fani-Kayode, said there had been “mind boggling allegations” against Buhari over his roles in the massacre of Igbos in the ‘60s and should therefore not be allowed to continue to run from his shadows.
He said Buhari’s hands reek of the blood of innocent Igbo civilians massacred in cold blood hence such atrocities could not qualify him as a presidential candidate but a candidate for the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague.
Citing the horrendous massacre of Igbo civilians, including women and children in the North, and the killing of Igbo men and young boys at Asaba after the town was “liberated” by federal forces, Fani-Kayode insisted that Buhari’s name had always popped up in connection with those heinous \crimes against humanity.
“It is important for us to remember that day because one of the allegations against Buhari that was to be put to him at the Oputa Panel was that he was among the division that took part in the massacre and that ordered those killings,” he said, adding that Buhari should speak up and explain if he was in Asaba on that fateful day and if so apologise to Igbos and Nigerians in general before atoning for his sins.
He said Buhari had a golden opportunity to atone for his sins when he was invited by the Oputa Panel but in his arrogance he went to court to stop the panel from looking into his past crimes as a soldier during the civil war and as Head of State...
SOURCE: http://www.ereporter.com.ng/index.php/political-news/item/3764-fani-kayode-buhari-must-explain-his-crimes-against-ndigbo-during-civil-war
Addressing journalists in Umuahia Abia State capital the Director of Media and Publicity of the campaign organisation, Chief Femi-Fani-Kayode, said there had been “mind boggling allegations” against Buhari over his roles in the massacre of Igbos in the ‘60s and should therefore not be allowed to continue to run from his shadows.
He said Buhari’s hands reek of the blood of innocent Igbo civilians massacred in cold blood hence such atrocities could not qualify him as a presidential candidate but a candidate for the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague.
Citing the horrendous massacre of Igbo civilians, including women and children in the North, and the killing of Igbo men and young boys at Asaba after the town was “liberated” by federal forces, Fani-Kayode insisted that Buhari’s name had always popped up in connection with those heinous \crimes against humanity.
“It is important for us to remember that day because one of the allegations against Buhari that was to be put to him at the Oputa Panel was that he was among the division that took part in the massacre and that ordered those killings,” he said, adding that Buhari should speak up and explain if he was in Asaba on that fateful day and if so apologise to Igbos and Nigerians in general before atoning for his sins.
He said Buhari had a golden opportunity to atone for his sins when he was invited by the Oputa Panel but in his arrogance he went to court to stop the panel from looking into his past crimes as a soldier during the civil war and as Head of State...
SOURCE: http://www.ereporter.com.ng/index.php/political-news/item/3764-fani-kayode-buhari-must-explain-his-crimes-against-ndigbo-during-civil-war
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