By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The Rule of Law Accountability and Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has condemned the abduction of a female military officer, Lieutenant PP Johnson.
Lieutenant PP Johnson, a female officer was abducted on Monday December 26 while visiting her grandmother in Aku-Okigwe in Imo state, shortly after completion of her Cadet training.
RULAAC, in a statement by its executive director, Okechukwu Nwanguma, says the abductors of the female military officer are criminals masquerading as freedom fighters.
Nwanguma says the criminal action of the abductors does not conform with, or advance the cause of freedom and justice which Biafra agitation represents.
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“It reminds us of the atrocious act of torture, dehumanization and murder of a military couple who were similarly abducted earlier this year somewhere around the Orlu axis of Imo State by a criminal group also masquerading as freedom agitators,” the statement reads.
RULAAC says while it supports every lawful action necessary to rescue the kidnapped military officer and bring her kidnappers to justice, the reported misplaced aggression and reprisal allegedly by military and EbubeAgu operatives indiscriminately unleashed on residents of a whole community in the guise of carrying out rescue operation makes the perpetrators no different from the criminals they are searching for.
Nwanguma says: “How can community members be indiscriminately attacked and killed, and their house set on fire, in the name of rescue operation?
“This is a repeat of the Odi massacre which did not lead to the arrest of the perpetrators of the crime for which the rescue operation and reprisal action were ordered.
“We call for professional restraint and compliance with the rules of engagement while dealing with a civilian population in crime fighting and law enforcement. This is to avoid needless casualties and victimization of innocent citizens.
“Security agents responsible for murder and arson should be treated like the criminals who abduct security agents.”
