NHRC BOSS, ODINKALU SAYS ” BOKO HARAM STARTED WITH BOMBING OF DELE GIWA”!

The Chairman, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Professor Anselm Odinkalu has said that the violence that led to Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria actually started in 1986 with killing of the renowned journalist, Mr Dele Giwa with a parcel bomb. Odinkalu, who spoke during the commissioning of Moluma Loma Centre for Medical Law, and the MIVE Legals Matrimonial Centre, Kaduna, said, “Contrary to what people think, the phenomenon that has now become Boko Haram actually started in an Ikeja Street, on October 18, 1986. That day the first Improvised Explosive Device, IED, was used to blow up Dele Giwa. Everyone knew that it was a state-sponsored murder. That was the first time that an IED went off on Nigerian soil.

“Series of events would later lead to Boko Haram today. At that time, late Gani Fawehinmi had the courage to challenge the state on that murder. But he was in turn persecuted until his death. The Police officer who was investigating the murder was also killed in an un-explained circumstances in Mokwa, Niger State. He was the immediate younger brother of the celebrated writer and critic of government, Tunji Dare. When a state sponsors the illegal murder of its citizens, it loses its legitimacy as a government. So today’s terrorism started as state sponsored.”

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.