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IPOB Calls For The Release Of El-zakzaky, Dasuki
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC), in the Hague, to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to obey court judgments and orders by releasing the former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki and Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, the group appealed to the the President of the ICC, Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji, and the Chief Prosecutor of the court, Madame Fatou Bensouda, to compel Federal Government to release the duo without further delay as ordered by various law courts in Nigeria.
According to Powerful, the situation the Nigerian president refused to release them that Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA) National Judicial Council (NJC) and the entire judicial machinery in Nigeria should consider going on strike as a way of forcing the government to obey judicial pronouncements.
Powerful, who condemned in the strong terms, the statement credited to Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Mallami over the refusal of this administration to obey multiple court orders to release both El-Zakzaky and Dasuki from extra judicial detention.
He said that the most recent ruling by Hon. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, admitting Dasuki on bail has once again been ignored, so has numerous pronouncements by the courts to set Sheik El-Zakzaky free, stressing that this flagrant disobedience of the rule of law was not only shameful but also an impeachable offence.
The statement said said, “Coming at the heels of ‘Buhari’s’ lecture at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague on the virtues of rule of law and the commitment of his government to adhere to court orders, it is hypocritical and criminal for those that invited ‘Buhari’ to address them at the Hague conference to keep silent as rule of law is being destroyed in Nigeria.”
“The black African President of the ICC Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji and the equally black African Chief Prosecutor of the court Madame Fatou Bensouda must cover their faces in shame for inviting a man they know doesn’t obey the law to address them on the need for a government to adhere to the rule of law.”
“Inviting Buhari to address the ICC when he has steadfastly refused to obey the law when it comes to Col. Dasuki, Sheikh El-Zakzaky and many IPOB detainees is the greatest mistake the court has ever made.”
“It doesn’t speak well of the diplomatic community in Nigeria either, especially Britain, the colonial master and creator, to maintain a deafening silence in the face of unbridled tyranny.
“If Britain can offer its public opinion on the probity or lack of, in the conduct of elections in Ekiti State, surely it has a moral obligation to admonish the ‘Buhari’ government on its refusal to obey the law. Refusal to obey any given court order is reaffirmation that Nigeria is only practicing paper democracy not in deed.”
“Anywhere on earth the government is above the law, that society seizes to be regarded as democratic. A US president obeys court orders, so does a British Prime Minister, why not ‘Buhari’.
“Therefore those presently referring to Nigeria as a democracy are knowingly and willfully misleading the public, because democracies obey the rule of law.”
“When an Attorney General of a country proudly stand up to defend what is in essence indefensible, one is bound to question the collective mental ability of such a society and wonder if indeed they are civilised.”
“Courage means standing up for what is right, especially in defence of those who cannot defend themselves regardless of ethnicity, religion or orientation. That is what IPOB was created for and what it will continue to uphold until Biafra is restored and beyond.
“The very least ICC can now do, along with the diplomatic community of civilised nations resident in Nigeria, is to prevail upon ‘Buhari’ to release Col. Dasuki and Sheikh El-Zakzaky without further delay as ordered by various law courts of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Nigeria Bar Association, National Judicial Council (NJC) and the entire judicial machinery in Nigeria should consider going on strike as a way of forcing this government to obey judicial pronouncements,” Powerful added.
Anonymous
July 24, 2018 at 11:33 pm
Lies. Nonsense
Ngorom Peterside
July 24, 2018 at 11:00 pm
Nigeria should conduct a plebisite in Eastern Nigeria for purposes of determining who would want to live in the hell on planet earth called Nigeria where the inhabitants slice their cheeks with blunt razor blades.
Anonymous
July 24, 2018 at 8:46 pm
They’re detained just for revenge,hatred and show of power,but the time is very near. ….
Anonymous
July 24, 2018 at 7:46 am
Terrorist group
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 9:49 pm
THIS IS NOT IPOB WHAT concerns BIAFRA WITH AWUSA FULANI ,BE WISE
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 8:48 pm
Real freedom fighters
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 7:37 pm
All are partners in crime
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 4:01 pm
I’m beginning to see this IPOB as jobless group..
Namdi KANU is nowhere to be found and you guys are here shouting Dasuki..
Wetin concern una?
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 8:49 pm
This is why most of u are foolish in nature
No where to be found in the country
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 9:01 pm
all that you know is stealing and money rituals betraying each other once money is mentioned…the like of Orji kalu, Okorocha, Joe Igbokwe, Chris Ngige representing their criminal tribe Igbo..
I sympathies with your foolishness
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 11:01 pm
IPOB has no bearing,de lack direction,confuse human being…..de dnt knw wat de re fighting 4….BURUTAI will teach u guys how to dance with d pythone
Anonymous
July 24, 2018 at 3:10 pm
Abdul Abdullah .mr Alimajiri Dandokwo if not for a country like naija how can people like you that don’t know how to read and write come closer to politics or government. Go and learn before you talk
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 3:39 pm
what type of call or request is this nonsense? is it those criminals wl give us freedom? or what is our concerned wt those pple? delate this post. God bless Biafra.
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 2:47 pm
That is IPOB, it’s not a religion, it’s a movement.
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 5:12 pm
Datz right bro!
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 2:47 pm
Ipob what business did you have with dasuki and elzakizaki, focus on your own problem, leave them to face there’s.
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 2:04 pm
Beg for ur men that are still locked up first.
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 3:30 pm
I my self i dont understand this type of calling? to release boko haram pple? na waooo.
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 6:18 pm
Our people will never learn
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 8:31 pm
You will not understand.. it’s to prove the world that buhari don’t have respect on rule of law
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 1:42 pm
Nigeria dictatorship terrorist government is worse than Boko Haram terrorist group
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 1:30 pm
what is their business
Anonymous
July 24, 2018 at 6:49 am
Injury to one, injury to all. When they brake rule of law against your neighbor, you should know the next victim is you. Before you jump into assumptions, I’m neither igbo or dasuki fan. I’m from edo state
Nigeria Independence Day Parade - NYC
July 23, 2018 at 1:30 pm
Thanks big Naija fan here
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 1:17 pm
Story, it seems that u guys don’t know that Buhari does not have respect for rule of law
Nigeria Independence Day Parade - NYC
July 23, 2018 at 1:30 pm
I Agree anyone else?
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 2:22 pm
ME TOO
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 3:23 pm
Then why are t yorubas supporting him to rule under democracy?
Anonymous
July 23, 2018 at 10:51 pm
What do u knw about rule of law….d money made 4 d procurement of arms 2 dasuki is been shere as national cake amongs some stupid politicians,while innocent soul re been wasted in d street of maiduguri….common sense pls.