Buratai’s Critic, Lance Corporal Martins Feared Dead, As Rumours Of A Cover Up Spreads

There are fears that Lance Corporal Martins Idakpini, the soldier who was arrested and detained for criticising Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, have been killed by the army as punishment for his action.

It would be recalled that, Idakpini was arrested shortly after he made a video castigating Buratai over the army’s failure to combat and destroy Boko Haram. 

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According to reports that circulated the media earlier, the army had twice denied Idakpini’s lawyer and family from seeing him in total disregard to an order from the Federal High Court. 

Justice AI Chikere of the Abuja Federal High Court had held that it was unlawful for the army to continuously deny Idakpini from seeing his lawyer and family. 

SaharaReporters had revealed that top sources within the army said Buratai vowed to deal ruthlessly with the detained soldier for his actions, treating the order of Justice Chikere with disdain. 

However, quite recently, there are fears that the army may have killed Idakpini, who has not been seen or heard from since he was arrested over a month ago. 

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Human rights activist and National President of Revolutionary Lawyers’ Forum, Mr Tope Akinyode, who is representing Idakpini, said that “Buratai’s action is a coup d’etat on the Nigerian constitution”.

According to him, “Buratai is tearing the constitution apart and rendering useless the concept of the rule of law. He is about to become a dictator before our very eyes.”