A suit seeking to compel Igbos to exit Nigeria has been struck out.

It was struck out by Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The suit was filed by a Coalition of Northern Groups seeking the exit of Igbos in the South East out of Nigeria.

The suit by the group of elders and politicians from the North, led by Nastura Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’i, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam was thrown out by the Judge following the persistent absence of the plaintiffs in court to establish their case.

When the matter came up, none of the plaintiffs was in court and they were not represented by lawyers.

Justice Ekwo, after going through the case file, discovered that the Northern groups have not been coming to court since 2022 till date and had no legal representation.

In a brief ruling, the Judge held that from all indications, the plaintiffs have abandoned their own suit.

Justice Ekwo therefore struck out the case for want of diligent prosecution.

The Northern group had filed the case asking the court to compel the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives to hasten the exit of the southeastern region out of Nigeria.

They pleaded that this should be done before the conclusion of the amendment of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution.

The secession request was contained in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/538/2021 instituted by the group of elders and politicians from the North.

In the suit, they said allowing the Igbo to exit Nigeria would end violence and destruction in the South-East.

They also explained that this would stop the repeat of the 1967-1970 Civil War in Nigeria that led to wanton destruction of lives and property.

The groups also said this would put an end to the agitations by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu.

They prayed for, among others, a declaration that combined effect of the provisions of Section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution and Articles 1, 2, and 20 (1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act 2004, “is empowered to set in motion a framework for a referendum to allow the south-eastern region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to decide on their bid for self-determination.”

They also urged the court to order the second, third and fourth defendants (the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly) “to provide a framework that will pave way for the self-determination of the south-eastern states so as to leave the geographical entity called Nigeria before any further step is taken to further amend the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

“The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can be further amended at any time after the question of self-determination must have been resolved by Nigerians,” the plaintiffs said.

https://dailypostngr.com/2024/03/court-strikes-out-suit-by-northern-groups-seeking-to-force-igbos-out-of-nigeria/

One Nigeria please
Unity and faith, peace and progress
There is strength in unity.

May we be united and faithful, enjoy peace, and progress to the next level....success!!!

Why na? They want Biafra.

Very unserious suit

Have to jail them for contempt... atleast others will start taking court serious

They gave quit notice and failed. They sue and failed to defend their case. Huasa Fulani are the real cowards.

In d voice of a great actor chiwetaluagu "Ekwensu eromancia mami water.

U want the igbos out of Nigeria but refuses to attend court why? So why didn't they follow up the case? truly Igbo's are the pinnacle of one Nigeria.

The court should fetch and imprison all those fellows who deemed it fit to waste the time of the court.

Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo,

This is not how to rule a case like this. Someone cannot file a case and not appear before the court to pursue the case.

The plaintiffs should have been fined nothing less than 5 million and given one week to pay the fine or go to jail. Why should they waste the time of the court for nothing? This will serve as deterrent to others.

This people are just less human.
Why are the running from their case?

Frigga13:
Very unserious suit

Have to jail them for contempt... atleast others will start taking court serious

I thought you follow Ningi chop suspension

Why is this so funny to me

Why Fulani dey fear the Igbos like this? The fear and hatred is so intense

Ttalk:


I thought you follow Ningi chop suspension

Is on record Yoruba Senators and Tinubu fans did institutionalize budget padding.. starting with 3 trillion.. using executive to force and intimidate other senators from talking while eating


As long as Nigeria exist is on record..

The suspended senator still stood his ground.. so go and celebrate failure

Cos no shame!! No honesty.. no integrity

Troll out

Frigga13:


Is on record Yoruba Senators and Tinubu fans did institutionalize budget padding.. starting with 3 trillion.. using executive to force and intimidate other senators from talking while eating


As long as Nigeria exist is on record..

The suspended senator still stood his ground.. so go and celebrate failure

Cos no shame!! No honesty.. no integrity

Troll out

I thought you would be consoling Ningi rather than constituting a nuisance on SM

Ttalk:


I thought you would be consoling Ningi rather than constituting a nuisance on SM

Yoruba man celebrates corruption

What else...

Make dem give you share naa.. 3 trillion and nothing for a shameless Nigerian

God help you

Why were they absent ?

Restructuring or not, this contraption of an entity is headed for self disintegration or destruction someday. Nigeria is a forced but failed entity.

Frigga13:


Yoruba man celebrates corruption

What else...

Make dem give you share naa.. 3 trillion and nothing for a shameless Nigerian

God help you

That’s all , whatever they support I’d not for the good of Nigeria , the northerners are far far better than these y.o.r.o.bas , we never knew and they portrayed the north as the problem since the 60s , the problem of Nigeria is this thieving bunch of liars and Manipulators , so tribalistic to the DNA

worthless case

They're scared.
They ran away from their own suit

They were anticipating either obi or a southeasterner or a south south candidate may emerge president and this suit will be used to create further destabilization.

Infact ekpa will make sure the suit goes on full force to completely force out any elected south East presidency.

Now they see no cause to pursue it. That's why they have been doling out looted funds to pacify state drafted criminals in the south east. No more unknown gunmen. Oga don win make everybody relax. But I learned that the major reason politically motivated violence is no longer occuring frequently in the south east is because babablu has played a fast one on his unknown terrorist partners. He has used them and dumped them to their peril and gradually cleaning the house with the state force. Asari is in hiding and under a free oath of silence.

Tinubu is actually the biggest con master Africa has ever produced.

If you labored for Tinubu and now feel played, remember that everything about his identity was a mirage.

We want the North out of Nigeria because they are milking the resources of the south and contributing nothing.



They are parasites.

One of Bola Ahmed Tinubu sponsored campaigns of calumny against Southeast and of course Peter Obi during the run up to 2023 Presidential election.



Where is Simon Ekpa?

Where is Gentle General?


What happened to the Unknown Gunmen killing Security men in Southeast like on daily basis before the 2023 Presidential election?


What Tinubu and co have done to grab Presidential power since 2013, if the secrets are opened, the world will shiver


Time will tell

Igbo exit and south east exit are two different things. Let the Igbos identify themselves and their indigenous lands. You don't create a map and force the indigenous people to be identified by it.

We know.

humilitypays:
One of Bola Ahmed Tinubu sponsored campaigns of calumny against Southeast and of course Peter Obi during the run up to 2023 Presidential election.



Where is Simon Ekpa?

Where is Gentle General?


What happened to the Unknown Gunmen killing Security men in Southeast like on daily basis before the 2023 Presidential election?


What Tinubu and co have done to grab Presidential power since 2013, if the secrets are opened, the world will shiver


Time will tell

Would IPOB celebrate this judgement?

Keep fooling yourselves

The fool that filed the case couldn't turn up to defend his case .

He's probably dead of hunger or Tinubu hardship 😂

Igbos should not go ooooo.
It's the north that needs to leave.

Frigga13:


Is on record Yoruba Senators and Tinubu fans did institutionalize budget padding.. starting with 3 trillion.. using executive to force and intimidate other senators from talking while eating


As long as Nigeria exist is on record..

The suspended senator still stood his ground.. so go and celebrate failure

Cos no shame!! No honesty.. no integrity

Troll out

Where is the record so we can see what you see?

The frustration of a loser is an untold misery.

We must appeal this useless judgement

Biafra is our last hope

Thissystem:
One Nigeria please
Unity and faith, peace and progress
There is strength in unity.

May we be united and faithful, enjoy peace, and progress to the next level....success!!!

That judge is wasting his time, Igbo must leave Nigeria to Biafra that's the only solution for a new Nigeria.