{"id":27947,"date":"2020-08-20T09:24:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T09:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27947"},"modified":"2020-08-20T09:24:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T09:24:47","slug":"huriwa-coordinator-claims-gunmen-after-his-life-for-accusing-buharis-minister-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27947","title":{"rendered":"HURIWA Coordinator claims gunmen after his life for accusing Buhari\u2019s minister of corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Emmanuel-Onwubiko1.jpg\" alt=\"AISHA VS MAMMAN DAURA: Take leave of absence to resolve your family crisis, HURIWA advises Buhari\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Coordinator of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), Emmanuel Onwubiko, has alleged that gunmen are after his life for accusing the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouk of massive corruption in the school feeding programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onwubiko who made the allegation in a statement issued on Wednesday said that some unknown&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/gunmen-abduct-district-head-in-yobe\/\">gunmen<\/a>&nbsp;in a vehicle had accosted him at about 7 pm yesterday (Tuesday) but were scared off by a police van.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also further alleged that the gunmen had trailed him for about 30 minutes before sighting the police van which scared them away, adding also, that followers of Sadiya Farouq have been sponsoring media attacks against HURIWA due to the allegations it raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement by HURIWA reads thus in part: \u201cAt about 7pm on August 18, 2020, while Onwubiko was on his way home, he was waylaid by a Toyota Camry driven by a fierce-looking person with about two other armed occupants who trailed him for nearly thirty minutes and made attempt to hit his car from behind but fortunately, he escaped from the hands of these marauding attackers who then fled upon sighting a police van not too far from the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe attack has come after a week that Rights group \u2013 Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) had publicly alleged massive corruption in the school feeding programmes of the federal ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Minister\u2019s self-acclaimed hack writer and supporters have gone overboard with a rash of publications in several newspapers with a campaign of calumny against HURIWA and the National Coordinator. Some journalists have also been paid to accuse HURIWA of harassing female ministers,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Coordinator of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), Emmanuel Onwubiko, has alleged that gunmen are after his life for accusing the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouk of massive corruption in the school feeding programmes. 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