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It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by gidgiddy: 2:46pm On Mar 17
When you sign up to join the armed forces, you sign up to defend people, sometimes at the cost of your life. That's what you're trained, equiped, armed and paid for. In the battle against terrorism, insecurity and criminality, there will be casualties

However, when Soldiers go on revenge mission to kill and destroy communities where their comrades were killed, this is not only a crime, it is a war crime which the Nigerian constitution, the Rome statute and the Geneva convention are all against

Odi, Orlu, Awo-Mmamma, Izombe, Obigbo and many others, all in the south of Nigeria, the story is the same. The Nigerian Army, sometimes the Nigerian Police as well, will move into a community where their members were reportedly killed, start shooting at anything that moves, and burn down the place

Every week, Soldiers are killed in the North, but never have I heard that Soldiers attacked any community in the North. Just a few years ago, a serving Major General in the Nigerian Army, General Hassan Ahmed, was ambushed and killed by armed bandits in the North, nothing happened in the community

If that happened in the South, they would wipe out the community. Nobody is allowed to take the law into their hands. The Nigerian Army attacking communities in a revenge mission is a violation of the constitution and international law

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by ivolt: 2:50pm On Mar 17
gidgiddy:

Every week, Soldiers are killed in the North, but never have I heard that Soldiers attacked any community in the North. Just a few years ago, a serving Major General in the Nigerian Army, General Hassan Ahmed, was ambushed and killed by armed bandits in the North, nothing happened in the community


Where exactly are the soldiers being killed every week in the north?
It shouldn't be too hard for you to name a place where the community members gathered to kill soldiers in the north.

If you mean those killed while fighting bandits.
The last time I checked bandits don't operate from villages or towns, they are based in the forest.

And your charge of war crime is funny.
What does it mean to attack?

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by gidgiddy: 2:59pm On Mar 17
ivolt:


Where exactly are the soldiers being killed every week in the north?
It shouldn't be too hard for you to name a place where the community members gathered to kill soldiers in the north.

If you mean those killed while fighting bandits.
The last time I checked bandits don't operate from villages or towns, they are based in the forest.

And your charge of war crime is funny.
What does it mean to attack?

Simple to understand that Soldiers going to burn down communities is illegal and wrong is hard for some to understand

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by alphaNomega: 3:04pm On Mar 17
ivolt:


Where exactly are the soldiers being killed every week in the north?
It shouldn't be too hard for you to name a place where the community members gathered to kill soldiers in the north.

If you mean those killed while fighting bandits.
The last time I checked bandits don't operate from villages or towns, they are based in the forest.

And your charge of war crime is funny.
What does it mean to attack?
ask the families of the dead soldiers.

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by EmiloCorn: 3:18pm On Mar 17
alphaNomega:
ask the families of the dead soldiers.

YOU should be the one going to ask and not sending someone else undecided

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by EmiloCorn: 3:19pm On Mar 17
ivolt:


Where exactly are the soldiers being killed every week in the north?
It shouldn't be too hard for you to name a place where the community members gathered to kill soldiers in the north.

If you mean those killed while fighting bandits.
The last time I checked bandits don't operate from villages or towns, they are based in the forest.

And your charge of war crime is funny.
What does it mean to attack?

You're doing very well. Keep up with the good work 👏
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by FreedomArmy: 3:30pm On Mar 17
Now let me tell you what happens in the Nigeria military? 90% of the soldiers in the south are Hausas and Muslims.

These soldiers particularly those from the northern parts of the country does not value human life especially those of the southerners who are mostly Christians.

They take the slightest opportunity to kill and cause destruction because they already see the southerners as enemies. As long as you are not their Muslim brothers they Nigerian northern soldiers will wipe out an entire village at the slightest Provocation
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by ivolt: 3:33pm On Mar 17
gidgiddy:


Simple to understand that Soldiers going to burn down communities is illegal and wrong is hard for some to understand
I see you sidestepped my question.
It is obvious you knew you were lying when you claimed soldiers are being killed every day in the north.

Now, to your warcrime cry, what is the punishment for burning down houses during a raid?
Death penalty, life imprisonment or a fine?
And which court would hear the case of huts being burned during a military raid?

As I schooled you during the Kanu's hysterical claims about extraordinary rendition,
extra-national laws are useless when national security is concerned except in very few cases such as genocide and even
in such cases the culprit countries have to be in the bad books of the powerful countries to be punished for it.

Your right or wrong judgment is irrelevant to your accusation of war crimes.

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by cadmanspize: 3:51pm On Mar 17
Biafra & old eastern nigeria is dead. Move on gidigidy!
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Stop protecting SS, gidgidy. Respect any decition your fellow man has made - once it's not affecting you. Pertake if only you have the power to command respect - do not preach to your fellow man! Recommend or keep your silence & move on.

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Skooltynz: 3:56pm On Mar 17
they dare not attack the north that way
those ones no get joy they will slaighter the entire battalion.
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Oracleforce: 3:57pm On Mar 17
gidgiddy:
When you sign up to join the armed forces, you sign up to defend people, sometimes at the cost of your life. That's what you're trained, equiped, armed and paid for. In the battle against terrorism, insecurity and criminality, there will be casualties

However, when Soldiers go on revenge mission to kill and destroy communities where their comrades were killed, this is not only a crime, it is a war crime which the Nigerian constitution, the Rome statute and the Geneva convention are all against

Odi, Orlu, Awo-Mmamma, Izombe, Obigbo and many others, all in the south of Nigeria, the story is the same. The Nigerian Army, sometimes the Nigerian Police as well, will move into a community where their members were reportedly killed, start shooting at anything that moves, and burn down the place

Every week, Soldiers are killed in the North, but never have I heard that Soldiers attacked any community in the North. Just a few years ago, a serving Major General in the Nigerian Army, General Hassan Ahmed, was ambushed and killed by armed bandits in the North, nothing happened in the community

If that happened in the South, they would wipe out the community. Nobody is allowed to take the law into their hands. The Nigerian Army attacking communities in a revenge mission is a violation of the constitution and international law


I just wasted my time to read your craps...I don't need a soothsayer to know your tribe...Thank God I'm not the Nigeria president....I will. order the military to invade the two communities and wipe off the entire people..amd their precious property.....then they will also feel the pain of losing a loved one...

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Skooltynz: 3:57pm On Mar 17
cadmanspize:
Biafra & old eastern nigeria is dead. Move on gidigidy!
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Stop protecting SS, gidgidy. Respect any decition your fellow man has made - once it's not affecting you. Pertake if only you have the power to command respect - do not preach to your fellow man! Recommend or keep your silence & move on.

decision not decition
e ka we rara baba yi
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by cadmanspize: 4:02pm On Mar 17
Skooltynz:

decision not decition e ka we rara baba yi
I'm no english mr man.

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by ZombiePUNISHER: 4:06pm On Mar 17
Scores of soldiers were slaughtered in zamfara village by bandits...

South West didn't call for the annihilated of the village, but for the Army to get the "bandits" responsible

let us remember

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Skooltynz: 4:07pm On Mar 17
cadmanspize:

I'm no english mr man.

then write in your yoruba language stop giving us eye problem trying hard to understand your varnacular,aiye o le to yen.
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by masseratti: 4:11pm On Mar 17
Its also a war crime for a community to sit back and watch members of their communities to kill members of the military who came to settle or maintain the peace between the warring communities.mind you those soldiers are from different part of the country.

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Tochj(m): 4:17pm On Mar 17
ivolt:


Where exactly are the soldiers being killed every week in the north?
It shouldn't be too hard for you to name a place where the community members gathered to kill soldiers in the north.

If you mean those killed while fighting bandits.
The last time I checked bandits don't operate from villages or towns, they are based in the forest.

And your charge of war crime is funny.
What does it mean to attack?
So a community in the south just gathered and kill soldiers?
Check your conscience
Evil supporter
Anybody who killed a soldier is a bandit
Not a community member.
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by cadmanspize: 4:18pm On Mar 17
Skooltynz:


then write in your yoruba language stop giving us eye problem trying hard to understand your varnacular,aiye o le to yen.
Do i sound yoruba to you?
.
50% percent of construction in nigeria are being overseeing by chineese with tlanslators while our youths with their english profeciency stays in their POS shades.
.
You need to get reoriented - seriously.

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Wahabfuture: 4:20pm On Mar 17
masseratti:
Its also a war crime for a community to sit back and watch members of their communities to kill members of the military who came to settle or maintain the peace between the warring communities.mind you those soldiers are from different part of the country.




How did you know the community sit back and watch the military get killed, why do most of your people lack common sense?
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Skooltynz: 4:25pm On Mar 17
cadmanspize:

Do i sound yoruba to you?
.
50% percent of construction in nigeria are being overseeing by chineese with tlanslators while our youths with their english profeciency stays in their POS shades.
.
You need to get reoriented - seriously.
you are denying you tribe what a pity,everything about you smells yoruba ve a proud omoluabi no be today
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Buccalcavity2: 4:32pm On Mar 17
Very simple. Pick up the community leaders and dethrone irrevocably all Kings and chiefs plus LGA chairmen. Hold them until all the boys are picked. They know them!
For me, no justification or rationalisation for killing military men!

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by kettykin: 4:33pm On Mar 17
gidgiddy:


Simple to understand that Soldiers going to burn down communities is illegal and wrong is hard for some to understand
It is really very wrong particularly when villagers who ought to protected by the soldiers are now being killed by the same soldiers.
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by kettykin: 4:35pm On Mar 17
Buccalcavity2:
Very simple. Pick up the community leaders and dethrone irrevocably all Kings and chiefs plus LGA chairmen. Hold them until all the boys are picked. They know them!
For me, no justification or rationalisation for killing military men!

If soldiers can't defend themselves,they should remain in barracks what type of mindset is this . Soldiers are supposed to be capable of defending the country now they are victims.
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Mercenary123: 4:41pm On Mar 17
Yorubas so much love the south south people!!! The love is so glaring

The entire south is a conquered territory otherwise how do you explain this nonsense even with a southern president

Another thing, how the Yorubas chose to make themselves the enemy of the south is mind boggling. They don't think about what their actions will tantamount to in the long run
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by masseratti: 4:41pm On Mar 17
Wahabfuture:





How did you know the community sit back and watch the military get killed, why do most of your people lack common sense?
you the one that lack basic sense at all...in my community no member of my community can commit such an heinous act on civilian on peace mission talkless of military men on peace mission without member of the community fishing them out themselves...if they are not fished out,that's how we bred terrorist among ourselves,one tout will now become overlord in the community because he is carrying gun claiming liberation fighter,what on earth would have warrant killing military men like that if not execution style ..no way you can just waste all 11 in a gun duel ...oga use your common sense before opening rubbish thread to justify nonsense....spits on thread join .besides it's only burning of buildings,mud houses uv seen ...no report yet on civilian casualties..or are you praying for one ? before claiming war crime
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Foreverly02: 4:42pm On Mar 17
Skooltynz:

you are denying you tribe what a pity,everything about you smells yoruba ve a proud omoluabi no be today
Likeee🤌🤌
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by MindHacker9009(m): 4:49pm On Mar 17
South South communities should unit and stop fighting each other. South South should form a political party that will bring political power and development to the South South.
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Tjra: 4:52pm On Mar 17
ivolt:


Where exactly are the soldiers being killed every week in the north?
It shouldn't be too hard for you to name a place where the community members gathered to kill soldiers in the north.

If you mean those killed while fighting bandits.
The last time I checked bandits don't operate from villages or towns, they are based in the forest.

And your charge of war crime is funny.
What does it mean to attack?
You get time dey school the guy. Just leave him to his folly.

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Buccalcavity2: 5:13pm On Mar 17
kettykin:


If soldiers can't defend themselves,they should remain in barracks what type of mindset is this . Soldiers are supposed to be capable of defending the country now they are victims.
Who is this? You are blaming the soldiers for being killed by the people they swore to protect? It is even incomprehensible that citizens will open fire against soldiers! I don't get.

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Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by Christistruth03: 5:19pm On Mar 17
angry
It was suggested that the Military instead of punishing the entire Community should request the Senate Present bill to dethrone their Traditional Rulers
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by gidgiddy: 6:18pm On Mar 17
Oracleforce:


I just wasted my time to read your craps...I don't need a soothsayer to know your tribe...Thank God I'm not the Nigeria president....I will. order the military to invade the two communities and wipe off the entire people..amd their precious property.....then they will also feel the pain of losing a loved one...

Well except that the President is not permited to act illegally. The armed forces is therevto to serve and protect, not to take the law into their hands and go on revenge

If someone kills your brother, and you go about killing other people in revenge, whether they are the ones who killed your brothernor not, you will be tried for murder
Re: It Is A War Crime For Soldiers To Attack A Community In Peace Time by ElSudani: 6:20pm On Mar 17
ivolt:


Where exactly are the soldiers being killed every week in the north?
It shouldn't be too hard for you to name a place where the community members gathered to kill soldiers in the north.

If you mean those killed while fighting bandits.
The last time I checked bandits don't operate from villages or towns, they are based in the forest.

And your charge of war crime is funny.
What does it mean to attack?

This is the type of lies they tell to justify evil.

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