30 yrs after Murtala Muhammed’s murder: Family advocates victims’ rights legislation
*Says without legal framework, unresolved crimes‘ll continue to proliferate THE family of the late former Nigerian Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed, has called for the need for victims’ rights legislation in Nigeria. The family expressed discontent with the prosecution of murder suspects in Nigeria in remembrance of their son and brother, Zackari Muhammed. It will be recalled that 27-year-old Zackari Muhammed, a finance graduate of the University of Canterbury in Kent, met a tragic end in Abuja on August 13, 1993. He was fatally shot. Dr. Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, who spoke on-behalf of the family, at the 30th anniversary of Zakari Muhammed’s untimely death, held in Lagos, lamented: “Precisely. three decades ago, the life of our cherished brother was cut short. Even though the perpetrators were positively identified, all efforts to prosecute the case failed during the preliminary investigation and arraignment phase.” Recalling the distressing circumstances surrounding Zackari...