We hereby place the judiciary of
Nigeria and the world at large on notice that less than 24 hours to the
commencement of trial of those charged with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as co-conspirators
in a plot to overthrow the government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari are
still to be served an amended charge as ordered by the presiding judge Justice
Binta Nyako at the last hearing over 4 weeks ago. This flagrant disregard of a
court ruling is nothing new to this administration but it is particularly
disheartening when the defendants have been in detention without trial for
upwards of 3 years.
In no other supposed democratic country will
such blatant state sanctioned detention without trial be tolerated only in
Nigeria. Why is it that something as routine as filing of charges against those
accused of having committed a crime, is proving difficult for the attorney
general and DSS in this instance? Is it because the men are innocent and
deserve unreserved apology from the government and their freedom or is it
because the government have lost its way and can longer proceed with the sham
trial.
Information
reaching us now has it that Justice Binta Nyako has concluded plans with the
office Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to postpone the court case
between Nigerian government and Biafrans still held illicitly in Kuje prison,
thereby subjecting and exposing these innocent Biafrans to inhumane and
degrading treatment.
Let
it be known that this case has been in court close to 3 years now and counting
as a result of unwarranted adjournment after adjournment, so as to be able to
scout for evidence against these Biafrans and to jail them unjustly.
We must resist this unjust move
against Benjamin Mmadubugwu, David Nwawusi, Bright Chimezie Ishinwa, and Chidiebere
Onwudiwe. This inhuman and inhumane treatment against these innocent Biafrans
is disheartening and must be put to a halt by all men and women of good
conscience the world over. The court, it is said, is the last hope of the
common man, but here in Nigeria, the case is different. Judiciary is now a tool
used by Nigerian government to punish those that have different beliefs and
ideology as well as those they see as opposition to their hegemony and
interests.
Self-determination
is enshrined in the United Nations Charter of rights of indigenous people and
African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights which was ratified by Nigerian
government and domesticated into the laws of Nigeria.
Therefore,
it is within the legitimate right of IPOB to agitate for self-determination
using the same law as provided by United Nations and African Union which
Nigeria is a signatory to.
We
hereby call on all people of good conscience and lovers of freedom, equity and
justice and indeed all Biafrans around the world to stand up and resist this
travesty of justice and the continued illegal detention of these our brothers
for close to 3 years now.
Either
they release our brothers tomorrow unconditionally or we Biafrans will
intensify our campaign of civil disobedience on the streets of Biafraland and
beyond. We have truly endured this injustice for far too long and enough is
enough. We shall not allow this to continue unchallenged. IPOB is calling on
Biafrans worldwide to get ready because we must compel Nigerian government to free
our brothers, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawusi, Bright Chimezie Ishinwa,
Chidiebere Onwudiwe and provide our leader they abducted on the 14th of
September 2017.
The
incessant adjournment of this court case must be put to a stop tomorrow.
–
COMRADE
EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.
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