Femi Falana, SAN, human rights lawyer has threatened to drag the Federal Government of Nigeria to court in the next two-week if it fail to compensate victims of military airstrikes in the past seven years.
The senior lawyer gave this warning in a statement on 9th December, 2023, adding that the government will be sued before a Federal High Court if the demand is not met.
Recall the erroneous drone bombing in Tudun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State last week, killing countless people.
At least 120 innocent residents who were celebrating an Islamic festival were killed in the deadly attack.
Falana, who is the Chairman of Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), said there has been no justice for victims of these bombings across the years.
The SAN added that after the Rann bombing of January 2017, the government set up a Commission mandated to review extant rules of engagement applicable in the armed forces of Nigeria as well as the extent of compliance with the rules. Part of the mandate of the Commission was to also prefer means of preventing violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.
The Chairman wonders why the FG has neither published the report nor implemented the recommendations of the Commission headed by Justice Biobell Georgewill of the Court of Appeal.