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THE cumulative 29-year military rule left the country in ruins. In the Civil War alone which was triggered by military coups, over two million Nigerians lost their lives.
Today, 24 years after military rule, the country continues to suffocate under the culture of impunity developed by the military regimes. The panic in the media was not because it was uncommon for armed bandits donning military uniforms to abduct people. But because under military regimes, journalists had been abducted and simply disappeared. The most prominent case was that of Bagauda Kaltho, abducted without trace, three decades ago. He was being hunted by the military gestapo and had fled his Kaduna home.
The IPI held a press conference, not just directly accusing the Defence Chiefs of abducting Olatunji, but also demanding that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should instruct the duo to set the journalist free. The IPI and other media bodies announced that they would hold a more comprehensive press conference the next day to provide further evidence.
Mr Olatunji revealed he had been tortured with his right hand and leg feeling numb. He said after his abduction, he was detained at the National Air Defence Corps, NADC. He was handcuffed, his glasses seized and he was blindfolded before being flown to Abuja. On arrival, he was stripped down to his boxer shorts and leg chains added to the handcuffs. He said in Abuja, he was thrown into a cell where he was tortured, interrogated and his phone scanned for sources of his information.
What do we do about Generals in uniform who lied that that they were not holding the Editor and, deprived him of his constitutional right to defend himself in court? What do we do about serving military chiefs who illegally incarcerated a Nigerian citizen depriving him his right to family life and endangering his life? Do we pretend nothing has happened and wait for the next victim?
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