Susan Rice Must Not Meddle Into Nigerian Issues Again After What Happened To Mko – Huriwa

Source: thewillnigeria.com

SAN 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.”

Story by David Oputah