The Marketing campaign for Democracy, CD, has strongly condemned what it described because the barbaric and mindless extrajudicial killing of some younger residents of Akinlalu city, by operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps.
The group stated the incident, which has thrown the complete neighborhood into mourning, represents one of the worst acts of state-backed brutality in latest occasions.
In an announcement signed by Olufemi Lawson, the Normal Secretary of the organisation, CD described the killings as “a cold-blooded bloodbath that has as soon as once more uncovered the deep rot, lack of coaching, and full absence of professionalism inside the Osun Amotekun Corps.”
In keeping with Lawson, “It’s unacceptable {that a} safety outfit established to guard the folks has now turned its weapons towards harmless younger residents. The killing of these youths, some of whom had been siblings, is just not solely tragic however legal. These accountable have to be delivered to ebook at once.”
The assertion additional accused the Corps Commandant of the Osun Amotekun Corps, Adekunle Omoyele, of gross misconduct and long-standing notoriety.
“We’re conscious of the darkish report of Commandant Adekunle Omoyele, even throughout his time as an officer within the Nigeria Police Power, the place he was repeatedly linked to circumstances of extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses. His continued reign of terror beneath the quilt of Amotekun can’t be tolerated any longer,” CD declared.
The group demanded that the Nigeria Police should instantly arrest and examine Commandant Omoyele over the newest killing and reopen all earlier allegations of human rights violations linked to him.
It additionally referred to as on the Osun State Authorities to urgently reorganise and reform the Amotekun Corps to forestall additional abuse and restore public confidence in neighborhood primarily based safety operations.
“Justice have to be served for the murdered youths of Akinlalu. We won’t relent till each officer concerned on this heinous act is made to face the complete weight of the legislation,” the assertion added.
The Marketing campaign for Democracy warned that any try and cowl up or shield the perpetrators shall be met with nationwide resistance from the civil society neighborhood and the households of the victims.
“We owe it to the reminiscence of these younger Nigerians to make sure that their killers don’t escape justice, regardless of how extremely positioned,” Lawson added.
