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Experts Converged to Develop Framework for Transitional Justice in North East
Experts Converged to Develop Framework for Transitional Justice in North East
By: Babagana Bukar
A group of Senior Legal Academics, Solicitor Generals/Permanent Secretaries, and Personalities from related fields have converged in Abuja to develop a suitable framework for a successful Transitional Justice Programme in North East Nigeria.
The Strategic Expert Meeting for the development of Transitional Justice Framework is one of the activities under a project titled “Promoting Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe State”. The project is being implemented by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Partnership with United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) and supported by the European Union (EU).
The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Chief Tony Ojukwu while delivering a welcome address at the meeting said the Commission is pleased to host the highest level of experts as far as justice machinery in the three project states of Adamawa Borno and Yobe is concerned, noting that this is for the purpose of developing a suitable framework for the Transitional Justice, a project that have been introduced to some communities in the three states.
Ojukwu, who was represented at the event by his Senior Special Adviser, Mr. Hilary Ogbonna who also doubles as the Project Coordinator, stated that: “it is highly imperative to design a framework that will best suit the communities ravaged by insurgency,” noting that ” the framework should be in conformity the values, beliefs, culture and tradition of the people, this will make it easy for the community to adapt.”
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He also stressed that “the framework must be predicated on the principles of natural justice, fair hearing, victim justice, survivor justice, equality etc” .
In his remark, the representative of the UNDP, Mr. Elia Von Rota applauded the effort of the Commission in bringing such calibre of intellectuals together to develop the framework, saying he will be pleased to be an observer at the meeting.
In his good will message, the Permanent Secretary and Solicitor General of Adamawa State Samuel Yaumande, said the initiative is the first of its kind in the North East. He pointed out the need to have in place an effective justice system that would reconcile and reintegrate members of communities who have experienced gross human rights violations as a result of the insurgency.
He advised that “in designing the framework, it is necessary to take into consideration the need of the victims to enable them pick up their pieces of lives and move forward”.
Similarly, his Yobe State Counterpart Hajiya Kadija Alkali said the programme could not have come at a better time than now, due to the recent massive surrender of many insurgents. She said “there is need for everyone to embrace the transitional justice and reconciliation approach, because it gives hope for peace to reign among the members of the community”. She called on the experts to make concerted efforts towards having a perfect framework that will serve as a guideline to achieve lasting peace in the region.
The representative of the Permanent Secretary and Solicitor General of Borno State, who is also the Director of Civil Litigation, B M Bukar said “the justice system we adopt from the English people is alien to our culture, as such it is not suitable for us”. He described it as “unnecessarily long and boring to our people, it is not easy to enforce foreign culture on our people”. According to him, “this method of Transitional Justice and Reconciliation is the best thing that can happen to us in this region as far as making peace and reconciliation is concerned and we must all ensure that it works”.
At the event were Academics from different Universities as well as Civil Society Organizations and State Coordinators of the Commission.
Experts Converged to Develop Framework for Transitional Justice in North East
Gov. Buni Assures Security Agencies of More Support
By: Our Reporter
Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni CON has assured more support to security operatives in the state to enhance their performance for a secured Yobe state.
He gave the assurance in his office today in Damaturu when presented with an award won by the “Operation Haba Maza” security outfit as the best Police patrol outfit in Nigeria, by the Nigeria Police Force.
Governor Buni established Operation Haba Maza in 2019 as an emergency support to the conventional security agencies in the state.
He said the head of the outfit CSP Muhammad S. Shehu, was carefully selected to ensure delivery. “I am never disappointed, Shehu has done us proud by living up to our expectations and winning this award.”
Governor Buni commended security agencies in the state for the synergy and teamwork, which has grossly reduced the rate of crime across the state.
The commissioner, Yobe State Police Command, Garba Ahmed, commended the governor for establishing the Haba Maza outfit.
“The outfit has remain a strong pillar of fighting crime in Damaturu the state capital and its environs.
“Your Excellency, we would appreciate extension of the outfit to other major towns in the state to help us curb crime,” he appealed.
The commissioner requested additional vehicles to boost logistics for effective patrol across the state.
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Suspected Repentant B’Haram Insurgents Burn NDLEA, NCS Checkpoints In Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
A group of suspected repentant Boko Haram insurgents, on Wednesday May 1, 2024 stormed the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Nigeria Customs Service checkpoints at Kasuwan Fara, a suburb of Maiduguri metropolis, chasing away the personnel on duty and setting ablaze all structures at the checkpoints.
The incident, according to investigation by Zagazola Makama, followed a fierce encounter between the suspected ex Boko Haram combatants and the police at the Kasuwan Fara Divisional Police Office.
The suspected repentant insurgents, reportedly wearing military uniform, had pounced on the police office to forcefully set free their eight colleagues arrested at the suburb over criminal activities bordering on dealing in hard drugs.
The arrest was made on April 24 during a raid carried out by the police on the notorious spot at the criminals-ridden Kasuwan Fara.
Due to the rise and persistence of criminal activities and sinister operations by drug peddlers comprising dismissed military personnel, repentant insurgents and other hoodlums, who assemble there to conduct nefarious activities, the area had since been earmarked for closure by Borno State Government.
The April 24 raid, where the eight suspected repentant insurgents were arrested and 426 bottles of spirits such as dry gin confiscated, was conducted to sanitize the area, pending the final closure.
The arrested persons were detained at the Kasuwan Fara police division since the day of their arrest.
Subsequently, at about 7:40 am of Thursday, May 2, a dozen of the suspected repentant insurgents in military uniform, stormed the Kasuwan Fara police station in an attempt to rescue their arrested fellows.
The Divisional Police Officer alongside his men were able to repel the attack while the perpetrators fled.
Consequently, the assailants, in an apparent transfer of aggression, reverted to attacking NDLEA and NCS personnel checkpoint along the Maiduguri-Gubio road Kasuwan Fara, where they burnt down the checkpoints alongside the sandbags heaped on the road and fled the scene.
Borno Police Command spokesman, ASP Kenneth Daso, who confirmed the incident, said investigations are ongoing to apprehend the attackers, and the arrested eight suspects have been transferred to Anti-Crack Squad Div HQ for further action.
Suspected Repentant B’Haram Insurgents Burn NDLEA, NCS Checkpoints In Borno
Yobe to launch massive agriculture intervention
By: Yahaya Wakili
Yobe state government would soon launch a massive agricultural intervention to encourage people to participate actively in agricultural production for sustainable means of livelihood.
Governor Mai Mala Buni disclosed this today while flag-offing the distribution of the federal government Strategic Grains Reserve Palliative Program in Damaturu.
He said the program captures the weak, old, people living with disabilities, orphans, widows, and other vulnerable persons in the state.
According to him, this would provide succor and make life easy for this group in the face of the global economic hardship in which Nigeria and Yobe State are not exceptions.
He assured that the government will continue to ensure fair and equitable distribution of the grains to people with genuine needs.
He pointed out that the government has constituted a committee, including the security agencies, to monitor and apprehend officials and beneficiaries who divert the grains.
Governor Buni warned officials entrusted with the transportation and distribution of the palliative that the government would deal with any one or group that engages in diversion of the materials to sabotage government efforts.
“It is gratifying that the federal government, under the able leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is complementing the efforts of the state government through the Strategic Grains Reserve program with 21,000 bags of assorted grains made up of maize, millet, and sorghum for distribution to individuals across the state.
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