Investigation Of Misappropriated Priority: A Review Of Nigeria Military Brutality On Civilians

Investigation Of Misappropriated Priority: A Review Of Nigeria Military Brutality On Civilians

Chapter One

Preface

Background Of The Study

Military brutality is the inordinate and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement. It’s an extreme form of military misconduct or violence and is a civil rights violation. It also refers to a situation where military officers exercise overdue or inordinate force against a person. Military brutality includes but isn’t limited to physical or verbal importunity, physical or internal injury, property damage, inactivity of military officers, and in some cases, death.

specially the service is also known inclusively as fortified forces, is a heavily fortified, largely systematized force primarily intended for warfare. It’s generally officially authorized and maintained by a autonomous state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military livery. The function of the service is directed toward defending the nation from external aggression, maintaining its territorial integrity and securing violations on land, ocean or air suppressing insurrection and acting in aid of civil authorities to restore order when they’re called upon to do so by the President( FRNC amended 1999).

still in recent times, there has been increase in record cases of boosted precedence of the military towards the purpose of actuality. This is manifested in the cases of brutality, torture, rape and butchery of the populace they’re meant to cover. boosted precedence is described as the act of abusing or mishandling commodity that you have been asked to take care of and diverting attention from what seems to be critical. The service which it sole duty is fight insurrection, banditry and hijacking has left their job and now fighting unarmed citizens.

On the extreme they’ve come a tool in the hands of political syndicate to fight against those who stand on their way to gain to gain political powers and they’re also used as a armament to apply leadership on the electorate against theirwill.This boosted precedence of the service has led to the violation of the mortal right rights of the citizens as this is ironical to the main purpose of which security agencies is established. thus it’s on this note that this exploration is set to do disquisition of Misappropriated Priority A Review of Nigeria Military brutality on civilians

Statement Of The Problem

The security services of any nation are an integral part of the society that can not be allocated with and their liabilities with regard to securing lives and parcels can not beoveremphasized.Some of the functions of these security agencies as handed by law include among others the preservation of law and order, discovery of any crime within Nigeria, conservation of internal security, the protection and preservation of all non military classified matters concerned with the internal security ofNigeria.The security services in Nigeria include The Nigerian Armed Forces i.e. Army, Air Force and Navy, The Nigeria Police Force, The State Security Services( SSS) Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, The Nigerian incarcerations Service, The Nigerian Customs Service and The Nigerian Immigration Service( NSA Act 2004). This is why it is, ironical that the bones who are supposed to safe- guard and cover turn around to- trample upon and violate the rights of the populace.

Despite the transition from military to mercenary rule in 1999, clampdowns assault, beatings, butchery, torture, rape, murder, illegal apprehensions and vituperative raids of the service against unarmed citizens have been the fire of moment’s Nigeria. I

The service who are meant to check terrorist attacks, hijacking and mutinies has diverted their attention from the main purpose of which they were established resolving to attack and brutalized unarmed citizen who they’re meant to cover.

This boosted precedence of military brutality against citizens is a clear substantiation of violation of mortal right and mischievous on the victims of thishostility.To violate the utmost introductory Human Rights is to deny individualities their abecedarian moral entitlements. In a sense it means to treat individualities as if they’re lower than mortal and undeserving of respect and quality. exemplifications of violations include acts generally supposed crimes against humanity similar as genocide, torture, slavery, assault, murder, rape, deliberate maltreatment( AnyanwuE. 2021). There has been increase cases of extrajudicial prosecutions, brutality, assault, unlawful killings and executed discoveries of citizens manipulated by the military each time. The maturity of cases go delved and unpunished. The families of the victims generally have no expedient to justice or requital. numerous people don’t indeed get to find out what exactly happed to their loved bones and other instantiations of military brutality against citizens which is clear boosted precedence. thus is it against this background that this study is set to do a critical disquisition of boosted precedence A Review of Nigeria Military brutality on civilians.

Ideal Of The Study

The focus of this study is set to set to do a critical disquisition of boosted precedence A Review of Nigeria Military brutality on civilians. Specifically it seeks

1. To examine the rate of military brutality on citizens in Akwaibom State.

2. To examine the different forms instantiations of military brutality against unarmed citizens

3. To probe if military brutality violates mortal rights of the citizens

4. To probe if victims of military brutality ever get judges

Significance Of The Study

This study in it wholeness will contribute to the general knowledgebody.Specifically for policy makers, it’ll heighten the critical need of drafting Military Reforms to guide the the orintation of the service and their conduct. It’ll heighten the pressure on Government to cover the conditioning of the military icing they don’t exceed their governance or infringe the mortal right of citizens while doing their job. It’ll will dictate the Nigeria Political syndicates and Elites group on the need to stop using the service as a tool of political propaganda and gaining of political power. Moreso it’ll drive the Judiciary and mortal Right Activists, International Bodies to probe lawless brutality and other inhuman/ illegal conditioning that goes on in Nigeria Military with the end of guarding the Human Rights of the common citizen.

Compass Of The Study

The compass of this study is set to set to do a critical disquisition of boosted precedence A Review of Nigeria Military brutality on civilians. it’ll examine the rate of military brutality on citizens. It’ll examine the different forms instantiations of military brutality against unarmed citizens. It’ll probe if military brutality violates mortal rights of the citizens. It’ll probe if victims of military brutality ever get judges. still this study is demarcated to Essien Udim Local Government in Akwa ibom State Nigeria.

Exploration Question

The following exploration question attendants the study

1. What’s the rate of military brutality on citizens in Akwaibom State?

2. What are the different forms instantiations of military brutality against unarmed citizens in Essien Udim LGA?

3. Do you suppose military brutality is a violation of mortal rights of the citizens?

4. Do you suppose victims of military brutality ever get justice or support?

5. Do you suppose that military brutality against citizens is a clear sign of boosted precedence?

Limitation Of The Study

The following factors poses to be a limitation during the course of this exploration

fiscal constraint – inadequate fund tends to stymie the effectiveness of the experimenter in sourcing for the applicable accoutrements , literature or information and in the process of data collection( internet, questionnaire and interview).

Time constraint – The experimenter will contemporaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This accordingly will cut down on the time devoted for the exploration work.

Description Of Terms

Misappropriation misappropriation the act of abusing or mishandling commodity that you have been asked to take care of. It’s is the unlawful use of commodity

Priority Priority is defined as that commodity or someone is more critical or important than other effects. commodity swung or meritorious previous attention.

Military service, also known inclusively as fortified forces, is a heavily fortified, largely systematized force primarily intended for warfare. It’s generally officially authorized and maintained by a autonomous state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military livery

BrutalityBrutality is a cruel and and violent geste towards aperson.Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy someone.

mortal Right AbuseHuman rights abuse refers to unlawful and arbitrary treatment or killings of a person which frequently manifest in forced discoveries by both government and non state actors; torture by both government and non state actors and dragged arbitrary detention in life- hanging conditions particularly in government detention.