Susan Rice Must Not Meddle Into Nigerian Issues Again
After What
Happened To Mko – HuriwaSAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) – A pro-democracy Non-governmental Organization, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has kicked against the meddling into the Niger Delta or Pro-Biafran agitations by the National Security Adviser to the United States President, Ms. Susan Rice.
The
group anchored its opposition to the of Rice because of her unclear role during
the period preceding the annulment of June 12th 1993 Presidential polls and the
unexplained sudden demise in protective custody of the presumed winner of that
election, Chief M.K.O. Abiola, specifically after an alleged visit by Rice to
the cell of the late politician.
In
a statement jointly signed by the National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel
Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director, miss Zainab Yusuf, the group
warned that Rice should not be invited or allowed into Nigeria to visit any of
the high profile detainees, such as Nnamdi Kanu, or indeed be part of any
initiative over issues of Niger Delta militancy or agitations by some youth for
actualization of Biafra.
The
Rights group however urged President Muhammadu Buhari to seek home-made panacea
by ordering the immediate de-escalation of military actions in the restive
Niger Delta region and the immediate release of Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB).
We
are shocked to read about the purported meeting between a security delegation
from Nigeria headed by the Presidential adviser on National Security to
President Muhammadu Buhari and the United States National Security Adviser Ms.
Susan Rice,” the statement read.
We
are by this media intervention asking President Buhari to seek homemade remedy
to the issues around the growing restiveness in the South through a properly
Constituted National Reconciliation and Truth Commission made up of few good
independent minded Nigerians and also to order the reduction in the military
buildup going on in the Niger Delta region.
The
Nigeria government must release Mr. Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally and end his
illegal trial because the peaceful agitations by the Europe registered
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for a Biafra Republic is supported by
international covenants on civil and Political Rights with specific reference
to self-determination clause.
“These
agitations must be resolved peacefully without inviting Ms. Susan Rice whose
finest intervention during the military ended up in fiasco with swirling
allegation that the late politician Chief M.K.O. Abiola died in suspicious
circumstances soon after a visit from the black American spy Chief.
HURIWA
recalled that the Federal Government had commenced discussions with the United
States of America (US) on how to achieve an immediate and peaceful resolution
of the conflict in the Niger-Delta through sustainable dialogue rather than
resorting to war.
“HURIWA
also recalled that the move by government was part of the highlights of a
meeting between the American National Security Adviser (NSA), Ms. Susan Rice
and her Nigerian counterpart, MAJOR-GENERAL BABAGANA MONGUNO (RTD.) at the
White House, recently.
But
HURIWA however condemns the intervention as the invitation of a meddlesome
interloper whose first intervention in Nigeria's muddy water of politics didn't
end up well but resulted in the yet undetermined cause of death of the man who
won the June 12th 1993 election but was robbed of this pan-Nigerian victory by
the military junta.”

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