PDP rejects Buratai, other ex-service chiefs’ nomination as ambassadors

The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the nomination of the immediate past service chiefs for ambassadorial appointments by the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The party alleged that the nomination was a plot by the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress to shield the immediate past service chiefs from investigation over the alleged killing of innocent Nigerians and crimes against humanity under their watch.

The PDP made this known in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, titled, ‘Ambassadorial nomination: PDP rejects moves to shield ex-service chiefs from investigation’, on Thursday

Part of the statement read, “The PDP charges the Senate to eschew all partisan considerations and stand on the side of the people, particularly the victims of atrocious regime of the ex-service chiefs by outrightly rejecting the demand by President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm them as ambassadors.

“It is indeed sacrilegious and a horrible assault on the sensibility of Nigerians that the APC government is seeking to use ambassadorial appointments as desperate measure to secure diplomatic immunity for the former commanders and protect them from investigation, arrest and possible prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the atrocities committed against innocent Nigerians under their command.

“The PDP asserts that appointing the former service chiefs as ambassadors would confer diplomatic immunity on them and provide them a route for escape.

“The party further stated that taking such actions at a time the ICC has declared its readiness to commence full investigation on their alleged involvement in the crime against humanity in our country, appears to further validate the allegations against them. Punch