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Human Rights: Reuters Report ill Motivated, Says Gen. Musa

Musa testifying before the panel in Maiduguri

The former Theatre Commander of Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai who is now the Commander Infantry Corps Kaduna, Maj. Gen. Christopher Musa, has described Reuters report alleging human rights abuse by the military in North East ill motivated claims riddled with identity crises.

Musa made the declaration while testifying before the Special Investigative Panel on the allegations of Human Rights Violations in Counter Insurgency Operations in North East Nigeria (SIIP North East) under the Chairmanship of Justice Abdu Aboki (rtd).

Musa said the military deserved apology from Reuters for the baseless allegations that the Nigerian  military engaged in secret, involuntary, and illegal abortions of 10,000 pregnancies involving women and girls, infanticide, and other Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV).

Musa said that the report was also an indictment of the United Nations system working with the military towards addressing the various issues elicited by insurgency in the North East, adding that of all stakeholders and media organisations why is only Reuters making the allegation if not an attempt to give the military a bad name.

According to the Major General, it is illogical for anybody or any institution to associate the Nigeria military with the deliberate killing of civilians because it is rather concerned about saving lives, particularly of women and children.

He explained that women and children were usually taken to the rear away from the frontline, and subsequently profiled before handing them over to State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) for further  action.

He said that the military should be commended given the level of sacrifices it has made to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria instead of being maligned, pointing out that during his tenure as Theatre Commander about 200 troops paid the supreme prize.

He disclosed that since July 2021 to date,  over 84,000 returnees made up of men, women and children have surrendered to the military.

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