A prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called on the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, to urgently allay the growing fears of the people and residents of Onuimo Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State following widespread and unsettling rumours of planned aerial bombardments by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).
HURIWA expressed deep concern over the distressing reports circulating within and beyond Onuimo LGA that the Nigerian military was allegedly planning to conduct air raids targeting communities in the area under the guise of anti-terror operations, warning that if such unverified but alarming rumours, are left unaddressed by the Defence Headquarters, it could lead to a complete breakdown of peace and stability in the affected area and result in further humanitarian consequences for innocent and law-abiding Nigerians.