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Damage control!! ![]()
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Trash!!!! The treacherous op is gradually warming his way into APC just for Aisha's pot of porridge... Shame!!! He's truly a bad egg among Ijaw people!! |
#BringBackOurBudget |
Manure vs Newcastle I expect a draw from Luis Vangirl today...he's a specialist in draws Drawchester Utd!!! ![]() |
Gallant men |
APC and their useless Propaganda!!! Shameless lot! |
mytime24:
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All this to understand a woman?
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Lovely place.... 9ja is a blessed country...Our leaders have finished us tho! |
johnmartus:Nigeria is a member of ICC! |
Buhari is in for it!!! Serves him right! #Tyrant |
APC clown! |
ICC ![]() Buhari is in for it!!! He should just do the honorable thing by releasing a man that the court ordered to be released unconditionally. cc Lalasticlala |
Lawyers are to file a complaint before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on alleged human rights abuses against members of the pro-Biafran separatist movement. Dutch lawyer and professor Göran Sluiter, who specialises in international criminal law, is leading the team that will file the complaint at the Hague in the Netherlands in February. Sluiter and his colleague Andrew Ianuzzi are working full time on the case, and are occasionally assisted by a team of 20 other lawyers. Sluiter told IBTimes UK they have been representing the "Biafran minority" since the arrest of pro-Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu in October 2015. "We have found evidence of some crimes directed against the Biafran minority in Nigeria," he said. "Violations include violence against demonstrators, torture, murder, enforced disappearances and incarcerations. "There is a whole list of incidents and with Buhari coming into power, this is becoming more of a structured nature, exemplified by Kanu's arrest and how the government is dealing with demonstrations calling for Kanu's release." Sluiter also made reference to the use of Skype in sourcing evidence and the issue of human rights. He said: "In addition to information on public sources, I have conducted phone and Skype interviews with individual victims as we wanted to hear the first-hand evidence. "I also received pictures of victims of police violence during demonstrations. We will be presenting anonymous interviews with about 20,25 people, but there are many more victims. "There has been a systematic denial of human rights of the Biafran people, who are oppressed by the government. We hope that the ICC will bring justice to the victims with serious investigations and hopefully a trial. We also hope that Mr Kanu – whose treatment is symbolic of the treatment of the entire Biafran minority in Nigeria – will be released. Biafra movement Thousands of people – mainly from Igbo extraction – identify themselves as Biafrans, a term used to define people living in the Biafran territories forcibly annexed to present-day south-eastern Nigeria during the British colonisation. Pro-Biafran calls have intensified since October 2015, following the arrest of Kanu, who is also the director of Radio Biafra. In spite of a High Court ruling in favour of his release , Kanu is being detained by the State Security Service (DSS) amid allegations of torture. A day after the ruling, officials pressed new charges against him . “There is a whole list of incidents and with Buhari coming into power, this is becoming more of a structured nature, exemplified by Kanu's arrest” -Lawyer Göran Sluiter Pro-Biafrans have often accused the police and army of unjustified violence against demonstrators. In one of the latest episodes of alleged violence, the army was accused of killing between four and 10 people who were celebrating the high court verdict on Kanu on 17 December. During several interviews with IBTimes UK, the Nigerian police have always denied the killings . Since Nigeria gained independence in 1960, there have been movements calling for the independence of Biafra. In 1967, the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra triggered a three-year-long civil war that caused millions of deaths. Government's response When asked to comment on the allegations, Buhari's spokesperson Femi Adesina told IBTimes UK: "The lawyers have a right to their opinions. It does not make what they say gospel truth." Referring to Kanu, Adesina said: "The president already spoke on the matter during the Presidential Media Chat of December 30." During the chat, Buhari said Kanu and former security aide Sambo Dasuki – accused of stealing money aimed for the fight against Boko Haram terrorists – will not be freed in spite of High Court rulings in favour of their release. In an interview with Radio Continental earlier in January, Adesina defended Buhari against allegations that he does not like the Igbos, one of Nigeria's largest ethnic groups. “Lawyers have a right to their opinions. It does not make what they say gospel truth” - Femi Adesina, Buhari's spokesperson He said: "When the president ran for political office in 2003, who was his running mate? Dr Chuba Okadigbo. And in 2007? Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke. If he hated Igbos would he run with them? That shows you the respect and the regard he has for Igbos, it was political reality that compelled him to come south west in 2011 and in 2015." Referring to development projects in the south east, Adesina continued: "The second Niger bridge is on the budget in 2016. Let's recall that the last president [Goodluck Jonathan] sometime in 2011 said that he would complete that second Niger bridge before 2015. He didn't even go beyond the architectural drawing." IBTimes UK also contacted Mike Omeri, a spokesperson for the Nigerian government, who denied any wrongdoing by the leadership. He said: "No, the Nigerian government is not committing abuses, we reject such allegations. The government of Nigerians say individuals have the right to demand for anything, but without acting to sabotage the nation. "The government recognises the rights of the Igbo men, but it will not just watch these freedoms and rights being trampled upon by a few people. Nigeria has had a civil war. The government and 99% of the people in Nigeria do not think that we should have another one." Among reasons that led Biafrans to call for independence are what they perceive as government marginalisation, poverty, lack of infrastructure and job opportunities. However, Omeri said the government is working to address these issues affecting all the communities across the country. "So who is marginalising who? Who is sabotaging who? That is the question," he said. When asked about whether Kanu's prolonged detention was against the country's constitution, he said: "He is in court. The government does not interfere with the judicial process because it is a matter of civil rights. The government is not committing any abuse, what Buhari is doing is right." Source: www.ibtimes.co.uk/nigeria-amsterdam-lawyers-file-complaint-icc-over-buharis-crimes-against-biafrans-1537226 |
What a funny country, in this digital era...No back up files? I weep for this country! Buhari!!!! #BringBackOurBudget |
Watch the Sai Buhari chanters avoid this thread like a plague!!!. . Shameless lot!
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callherspices:How are you swty! |
If Efcc have the right evidence that Metuh erred, why not sue him? Holding him in their cells and forcing him to pay some 'imaginary money' is barbaric and should be condemned! cc Lalasticlala |
Lagos Lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has asked the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, to order the immediate release of Chief Olisa Metuh, the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Olisa Metuh was arrested by the operatives of EFCC on January 5, in his house in Abuja and has been in custody since then, without access to his family and lawyers or doctors. In the suit, No. FHC/L/CS/21/2016, filed against the EFCC and Attorney-General of the Federation, Adegboruwa is contending that under section 35 of the 1999 Constitution, the EFCC has exceeded the maximum time allowed by law for the detention of a citizen, without trial in any court. He is also praying the court to restrain the respondents, whether by themselves, their servants, agents, privies whosoever from further constituting a threat to the life, liberty and freedom of the applicant either through arrest or by physical abuse or violence either generally or for the purpose of preventing or disturbing their free movement in any part of Nigeria. He also want an order of the court, directing the respondents, whether by themselves, their servants, agents, privies or otherwise howsoever to forthwith release the application from unlawful custody. He is praying the court to declare that “The respondents are not entitled to arrest, detain or in any other manner restrict the liberty of the applicant on account without charge in flagrant violation of the Applicant’s fundamental rights guaranteed under sections 35, 38, 40 and 41 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and Articles 4, 5, 6, 9, 12 and 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Act, Cap. 10, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”p *A declaration that the arrest of the applicant by EFCC on January 5, 2016 at his home at No.14, Drive 1, Prince and Princess Estate, Abuja, constitutes a flagrant violation of the applicant’s fundamental rights guaranteed under sections 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and Articles 4, 5, 6, 12, & 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and is ultra vires, null and void and unconstitutional. *A declaration that the detention of the applicant by EFCC on January 5, 2016 at an unknown location, without access to his lawyers, family and doctors, constitutes a flagrant violation of the applicant’s fundamental rights guaranteed under sections 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and Articles 4, 5, 6, 12, & 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and is ultra vires, null and void and unconstitutional. Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/metuh-sues-efcc-over-detention/ |
After Seven months in power...What's keeping the Apc led FG from renegotiating and avoid being swindled? This APC no get shame at all!!! Buhari #BringBackOurGirls |
callherspices:hmmm...Spices!!! ![]() |
sameer1212:
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I call it flawless victory!! ![]() Oshiomiole and Tinubu have suddenly gone dumb! ![]() |
Buhari is busy 'paitin kwaraption' while the economy is fading away... We are in for it!!! Lalasticlala e don happen! |
Russell Padmore Business correspondent, BBC News Nigeria might be the richest economy in Africa but that does not impress hard-nosed investors who buy and sell shares at the local stock exchange. The West African financial market had another losing day today, closing at its lowest level for more than three years, down 2.5%. Investors are growing increasingly worried about the outlook for the biggest economy in sub-Saharan Africa, largely because the country is too dependent on revenues from the energy industry and the price of oil has fallen through the floor. Last week, Brent crude oil, the benchmark blend of oil traded in London, fell below $35 (£24) a barrel and prices of West Africa’s Bonny Light crude oil has followed the downward spiral. Last year, the benchmark gauge of Nigerian shares fell more than 17 % as the market reflected investors fears about the huge economic challenge the government faces. Six months ago, Nigeria's central bank imposed measures to restrict access to US dollars, used to import certain items, in an effort to conserve its reserves of foreign currency, amid sinking oil prices. However, the move has made it more difficult for Nigerian manufacturers to buy raw materials from sources abroad, because of limits of supplies of dollars and that is restricting economic growth. The top shares among the losers today reflect the impact of the central bank’s policy, the cement maker Lafarge Africa is down 9.6%, Unity Bank 9.4% and Dangote Cement, which accounts for about a third of total market capitalisation, shed 4.3%, according to Reuters news agency. It is reported pension funds are selling shares bought last year to hold cash as a buffer against expected losses caused by Nigeria’s weak economy. Source: www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-35231590?live_variant=nonjs
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IDONBILIVIT!!!! |
The truth is gradually coming out! What is Magun and EFCC waiting for? Amaechi should be arrested and incarcerated with immediate effect!
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saasala:Worst Dictator in History!
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cathodekazim:Lalasticlala Rule 2 & 3 |
drey076:
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Death to the Tyrant!!! I no mention anybody name oh! ![]() |
irepagbor:This is not 1984... If he dies ...a great tsunami will hit this nation, even you won't be spared!!! |
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