… FG urged to set up commission of enquiry

Sani in a statement yesterday said the justification for the killing is untenable and stands rejected, adding that the testimonies given by survivors of the incident is revealing and raises ethical and professional questions on the conduct of the state apparatus.
He said the narrative by security agencies on the circumstances surrounding the killings is: “idiotic and unconvincing”.
“It is a poorly written fictional script meant for the dumbest. We are for now convinced that the alleged terrorists murdered were squatters. The culture of wanton killings and gross human rights violation perpetrated by security agents in the guise of fighting terror is legally wrong and morally unacceptable. The raging insurgency in the North was sparked by extra judicial killings in 2009 and is sustained by same erroneous strategy. We have not as a nation learnt our lessons,” he said.
He added: “We cannot continue to accept excuses for arbitrariness and brigandage. So much blood has been spilled for expediency; if we accept the extra judicial killing of “insurgents” by security agents, we would have logically issued a license for impunity. The Apo killing is a micro indicator of carnage and massacre going on behind the veil of the state of emergency in the North eastern part of the country”.