By Abubakar Yunusa
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) Tuesday raised the alarm that the nation’s capital has gradually moved from one of the safest places in Nigeria “to the kidnappers capital of Nigeria with frequent invasion of homes by well armed kidnappers and the incessant abduction of Abuja residents in their tens.”
In a statement signed by the national coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, the group said residents may take up arms to protect their inalienable right to life “because the right to life is the only natural right that when it is extinguished and deprived by an armed kidnapper, can’t be redressed or remedied by the court of law or by government.”
HURIWA called on the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, to remain focused in carrying out his mandate by putting strong, unimpeachable and result-oriented measures to restore normalcy, stability and security in the FCT.
HURIWA advised Wike to avoid the politics of distractions that he currently engulfed in with intense politicking against the alleged disloyalty of the governor of Rivers state to him as his godfather.
