Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in 2023, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the call by some individuals for a reprisal attack on some communities in Delta State by the Nigerian Army.
OsunDailyNG reports that the ambush of the soldiers occurred on Thursday, resulting in the tragic loss of several brave servicemen, including the Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion, Lt Col AH Ali, along with other officers and soldiers.
Reactions have trailed the incident with some individuals believing the entire community should be made to pay.
But while condemning the attack on military personnel, Sowore called for restraint, insisting that a thorough investigation should be carried out.
“I have been inundated with gory images of alleged militants in the Niger Delta region killing Nigerian soldiers @HQNigerianArmy in an apparent ambush, following this, there has been a disturbing number of commentaries asking the Nigerian Army to “level” the area, mostly from Nigerians enlightened enough to know that such reaction constitutes international crime, the Nigerian army predictably has gone to battle to set some of the communities ablaze,” he wrote on X.
“While the attack of Nigerian security forces remains condemnable and unacceptable, no security agency/ies should engage in jungle justice.
“I call on the Nigerian authorities to allow an impartial investigation involving international human rights organizations into this crisis to bring those guilty to justice.
“However, the @HQNigerianArmy must restrain its officers and ensure that the rights of innocent civilians are not breached carelessly as it had always done in similar cases.”
