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The Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday appeared before a
panel of inquiry set up by the Kaduna state government over the
December 12th clash between the Army and Shitte members that left over
60 people dead and many others injured. While testifying at the panel,
Buratai justified the Army's attack on the shittes, saying they acted
within the law.
“The circumstances leading to the incident of December 12 have been
articulated by the officers involved. I was in the convoy. It was my
convoy, the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff.
I left Dutse that morning, hoping to arrive Zaria in
time, to attend the passing out parade of the 73 regular recruits. But
the convoy was blocked when we entered Zaria. What transpired has been
documented by the officers with me. They have also made their
statements. They are here to give full account of what transpired. We
are here because we respect human rights. We are here because we know
the sanctity of human life, which we have sworn to protect. One of our
constitutional roles is to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria,
which also includes the totality of the protection of human rights and
indeed, the property of every Nigerian. We have laid down our lives as
army officers and soldiers over the years in the course of performing
our constitutional roles. There is no way we will pick our weapons and
deliberatively violate the rights of the people, which we have been paid
to defend and protect. This is quite fundamental. We have
constitutional responsibility. Drawn from that constitutional
responsibility, we also have our rules and regulations. And drawn from
that we have a duty to perform in restoring peace and order where such
peace and order are being disturbed. So, we followed our rules of
engagement, which are derived from the laws. The Army is a very
respectable organisation. We are alive to our responsibilities. In doing
so, we will not tolerate a situation where, individuals, in the name of
human rights, continue to violate the rights of others and then turn
back and accuse highly responsible organisations, such as the Army of
human rights abuse. I believe those organisations crying against what
the military has been doing are not being sincere. They can be termed
agents of anarchy. They don’t want law and order to prevail in the
society.”he said
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