Nigeria: Activist Lawyer, Adegboruwa Condemns Military Deployment in Southeast

14 September 2017

Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, yesterday condemned the deployment of military in the Southeast and the use of soldiers to clamp down on civilians in a democratic government, which operates under the rule of law.

He argued that deploying soldiers to that part of the country was uncalled for since there is no insurrection in the Southeast now to warrant the display of military force or deployment.

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