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Hmmm helinues but your name was not included any where in the post. You know am still a new member on Nairaland so i think there is alot you can contribute here. @helinues please tell us, what other way do you think we can identify some of these malicilous actors? I will be glad to learn something new from you today

helinues:
Your whole epistle is laced with tribalism and finger pointing. You forgot to check the direction at which the remaining fingers are facing

OP I think we can start to fight back by enlightening other users about their antics. I've made a post about it here - https://www.nairaland.com/8550469/how-identify-political-tribalistic-malicious#137290030

Feel free to contribute.

In this era of information warfare, it is not surprising to see how tribalism has been weaponized online, used as a tool to divide Nigerians. Every election cycle, corrupt politicians occupying public offices are usually threatened by the power of social media in uniting Nigerians against them so in a bid to advance their selfish plans, they often recruit jobless youths as social media political influencers/agents to infiltrate socials platforms such as Nairaland, Youtube, Twitter or Facebook. Once these agents agree a monthly or content driven remuneration package, they are given a mandate to push certain tribal hit points. Some of these agents maintain multple accounts up to 20 or 30 accounts in a single platform to drive up "likes", "shares" and other engagement metrics for their hate induced tribal posts, making it look as if other users were interacting positively to their posts. 

- Nairaland Weaponized

It is not news to users who have been active on this platform for the past few years that political hacks/agents have hijacked the politics section of the platform. There is no political thread that you won't find them as they are everywhere. Opening multiple tribal baiting threads and making tribal supremacist inciting comments in other people's thread. Simply put, they live on Nairaland, these paid actors will never stop since some of them are paid based on content interaction. Many Nigerians visit the home page and politics section of this platform daily to consume news and shape their opinion on national issues. It is glaring that many of these users are unfortunately consuming the tribal junk been posted here as truth and this is why the toxic tribalism of these paid agents is a dangerous precedence that may eventually lead to real life negative consequences if left unchecked. I've created this thread so that users with knowledge about it can enlighten other users on how to spot these political hacks.

- My Personal Experience

For those who may not know how some of these political agents operate on Nairaland, here are a few pointers I observed since I became a Nairaland member that I think you need to know.

- If you are discussing on a thread or opened a thread that has nothing to do with Peter Obi but you find random users making comments trying to link Peter Obi to such thread or you see this "...Peter Obi will never President...." in any comment, know that these are tribal political agents, you will never be able to convince them about anything or try to have a decent conversation with them so once you spot them ignore them. If you are the OP, report them, if you are not the OP, block them.

- If you are discussing serious political issues on a thread or open a thread to connect with normal human beings but you find random users making comments that starts with or contains any of the following  "....we the yoruba people ...."   "....you igbo people...." "....go back to your region...." "....you will wail until 2031...." ".....cry more happy to drink your premium tears...." "....you ipobites..." personal attacks like "...you are too emotional...." "...you are childish...."
There are so many other dangerous pointers but if a comment in your thread or a thread you are reading contains such words, know that these are tribal political agents, you will never be able to convince them about anything or try to have a decent conversation with them so once you spot them ignore them. If you are the OP, report them, if you are not the OP, block them.

- If you open Nairaland political section and see a headlines like "Why Yoruba will always be better than Igbos"  "No Igbo man will never be rule Nigeria" "Yoruba people are the most backward tribe..." "Tinubu is the best president in Nigeria's history" There are so many other dangerous tribal headlines but if a thread title contains such words, know that these are tribal malicious political agents, you will never learn anything useful participating in such thread as it will be so toxic that they will end up inductrinating you as a tribal bigot. For sanity sake, as guest user with no Nairaland account avoid such threads and if you do have account then proceed to report the OP.

- If you come across a news posted by a Nairaland user exposing how Tinubu or members of his government misappropriated billions of naira or stating how peaceful protesters protesting against Tibubu's government action were beaten, arrested and charged with treason. When reacting to this news thread, you find some users (You already know some familiar names but I won't mention them) praising Tinubu, his government's evil oppressive actions in a sychophantic unreasonable manner while attacking every other users viciously, continuously, know that these are APC political agents, you will never be able to convince them about anything or try to have a decent conversation with them, there objective is to silence you from criticizing their APC government so once you spot them ignore them. If you are the OP, report them, if you are not the OP, block them.

- Final Words
These are some of the pointers you need to be mindful of when reading news or reacting to issues raised by other Nairaland users. If any one has some other pointers to add that you think that I missed, feel free to post here. Let's expose, silence and shame these tribal trolls!

Why is this thread not featured in the home page?

You have spoken well, thanks for taking the time to put your thoughts about this disturbing trend in to words here. I do agree with you that many of those pushing hateful tribalistic threads and comments on Nairaland are paid malicious political actors. These are people working for APC with a mission to promote tribal hatred so as to divide Nigerians to ensure they don't hold the government accountable. They are also working tirelessly towards Tinubu's 2027 election victory. If you want to understand how pervasive this has gotten, just create a thread asking for an end to the unjust trial of Nnamdi Kanu. They will descend on you viciously within few minutes, they attack you, label you IPOB and manufacture all kinds of ridiculous lies to drive up tribal sentiments, they even go as far as liking their own posts multiple times just to influence other users opinion on the subject. I may be able to see through their deceptive antics but what about so many others who can't see them, they will sadly accept some of what these agents posts here as truth, falling for their divisive propaganda. It is indeed a dangerous precedence that will lead to real life negative consequences if left unchecked. I will advice all those who rely mainly on Nairaland for news update, to be mindful of the fact that there are so many sponsored political agents actively monitoring threads 247 and working tirelessly to promote their hateful divisive tribalistic agenda.

Hmm buckeyemdia, so you finally appeared here? I know that you've made it a mission to drive up negative sentiments towards Nnamdi Kanu on this platform but I will still reply your comment just to set the record straight. You can not use Simon Ekpa's trial as a basis to implicate Kanu because the circumstances are not the same. What Simon Ekpa did was far worse as he owned up through his social media posts to directly arming people to kill, he also often boasts about this on his social media page. Simon Ekpa made several posts in which he shared gruesome videos and images of his dead victims. He kept pushing for his men to kidnap, kill and promote violence in the south east. He was stooge pretending to support Kanu's agitation but whose true mission was to sabotage IPOB. Nnamdi Kanu had on several occasions made it clear that he was not in support of any violent campaign that will lead to further killings of the igbo people. He also directly denounced Ekpa and his violent activities - https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/613341-nnamdi-kanu-accuses-nigerian-govt-of-sponsoring-simon-ekpa.html?tztc=1

buckeyemedia:
saturnalia me I am just waiting for the Finnish court to rule in the Simon Ekpa case, if that alleged terrorist is found guilty, his British Oga too is also guilty.

We wait.

It is a shame that it took a US lawyer to teach Nigeria the legal international implications of continuing the disgraceful trial of Nnamdi Kanu after kidnapping him from Kenya. Justice Omotosho will be culpable of judicial rascality if he does not end this sham trial and order the immediate release of Kanu.

Again, you resort to tribal rhetorics, what I've tried to point out to you since you went wild on this thread has been your biased sense of justice towards Kanu and IPOB. I believe what matters is the truth and you can't claim to be truthful or a lover of justice when your condemnation is always one-sided. What exactly did Kanu do wrong to be labelled a terrorist? Is the accuser (Nigeria's government) sincere in labeling him a terrorist? Was the government fair to Nnamdi Kanu and other igbos by not entertaining their call for a peaceful referendum to be conducted in their region? Why did the government launch an offensive bloody military campaign against a peaceful movement? Why did the government kill unarmed IPOB members unjustly and cover it up? These are some questions I think a rational unbiased mind will consider before arriving at a conclusion. Unfortunately, you keep tribalizing the issue, you've demonstrated over and over again that you are biased in your analysis.

WizardOfNG:
Keep fooling yourself. I have read enough of your post to understand who you are. You, like most Igbos, are brainwashed and not ready to step up and see the problem is with you and not others.

Yorubas are not perfect but we will always fare better than you because all laudable qualities that make humanity great we have in decent amount.

This is not an unverified claim I make. It is one the entire world, beyond Africa, celebrate us for such as the legendary religious tolerance of Yorubas where adherents of several faiths can cohabitate peacefully in the same household.

I thank God for that. Keep seeing yourselves as supreme, without fault and victims of "evil outsiders" always. Good luck to you.

Wow! what an epistle! where did I claim Yoruba as enemy? You can see now that you are the one that's emotional. I observe and read comments not just on this platform but other social media platforms to know that most of those behind the hateful comments, viciously condemning and attacking Nnamdi Kanu are Y-oruba people just like you are doing now on this thread and other threads about Kanu. What I said in my post and will remind you here is that it will not be a surprise that you and other Y-orubas supporting all that is been done unjustly to Kanu, will pick up placards once Tinubu is out of office to start protesting, agitating for Oduduwa republic. This is the only point I made in my post that referenced your tribe. I am not privy to any info regarding what Gidgiddy, Owobokiri, Mr.Vitalis and others you mentioned did to you here to warrant such vitriol from you. It is obvious that you've deep hatred for Nnamdi Kanu hence your emotional outbursts. This is why your selective condemnation will never include the fact that Nigerian government started the violence and killed many people in the south east.

WizardOfNG:
There is ample evidence Kanu is a terrorist. I won't belabour that fact with you because you are unobjective, biased and emotional. Therefore incapable of being pragmatically honest and logical.

Also, stop seeing hate where there is non. You cannot accuse me of seeing Igbos as "sub-humans" because I criticise people like you, Gidgiddy, Owobokiri, Mr.Vitalis, Kettykin, Aminda etal appropriately .

The one thing you and those names above have in common is a hatred of Yorubas you blame for your ills whereas we are a people who mind our own business, are decent, progressive, tolerant and have never, not even once, being involved in the most fractious issues that has gotten Nigeria where she is today.

That ruinous hands of Nigeria tag, factually, is for you and Northerners to own. With issues like Azikiwe truncation of inclusion of secession clause in our constitution, Igbo coup and the Northern Counter coup that woke the North to the reality that, despite their educational handicap, they can use military might, guna and death to hijack power and wealth of Nigeria whenever they wanted etc.

Worst of all the Civil war that lawless Ojukwu and his acolytes precipitated you actually claim you are victims of till today while blaming Yorubas the most for your heavy loss whereas we had no stake in a war we did not start and would have preferred to have remained out of as peacefully, rational and law-abiding people who respect the sanctity of human life yet you lot seem all those laudable qualities as "cowardice".

Even today you and Northerners are the ones destroying the potentials of Nigeria to be a cohesive nation making optimal socio-economic progress with how the SE and core North is terrorised beyond worth and practically zones the world ignores as destinations of FDI.

Yet you claim Yorubas, one of the greatest assets to Nigeria today because of their moderate and peacefully law-abiding nature, are your enemies and haters.

Yet you think proud Yorubas like myself will not be telling you the truth about how misguided you are?

A people who have done right always get to be gaslighted by you and Northerners who are the two ethnic groups that have practically destroyed Nigeria with your bloodthirsty lawlessness over time and till today?

Would you and and Fulanis not have done worse to each other than what was witnessed during the Rwanda genocide if both of you, minus Yorubas and others ethnic groups, are the two ethnic groups of Nigeria?

I have no hatred for Igbos and certainly do not view them sub-humans. If anything, I am just disappointed at how a people who get it right in some areas that matters also get it very wrong in areas that matters even more because you are completely and irredeemably egotistic, lack humility, have nil respect or consideration for others, have near zero emotional intelligence, cannot ever think critically or pragmatically and lack impulse control.

Kanu is a criminal and terrorist. You should all have convinced him to show contrition for his wrongdoing and then negotiated for a soft landing for him under Buhari rather than embracing the arrogant path of portraying him as innocent and "victimised" by "evil and Igbo-hating" Buhari and Tinubu to then insist "must be set free".

All lies, who are the "You people" that you are refering, you speak as if igbos are sub-humans, prisoners that must remain in Nigeria by force. The right to self-determination is recognized internationally as it is not a crime. The only issue here is that Kanu made some hateful statements and had to urge IPOB members to defend themselves by retaliating when the government started killing them. The charges filed against Kanu borders on terrorism and Kanu will win the case because there is no evidence to prove that he is a terrorist as his cause has always been centered on liberating his people through a peaceful referendum.

WizardOfNG:
Okay na. Continue praying. This is one event that will show you people, even as you have had many examples in Nigerian history to learn from , that issues of national security of a sovereign nation is sacrosanct and overrides every other consideration

You people have decades-long history of futile attempts to defy a sovereign nation i.e Nigeria or the "Zoo" as you call our nation.

Yet I challenge you to cite one example where your ethnic group and her many lawless and secessionist elements (from Nzeogwu to Ojukwu and now Nwazurike, Kanu, Ekpa etal) have ever recorded permanent victories against Nigeria.

What defines you lot today is the well-documented obsession with exercises in futility and a historical penchant, over nearly 100 years now, for fighting lost battles.

The government has no case against Nnamdi Kanu. It is only those who want to remain in denial that will argue against this, Nigeria will lose the case against Nnamdi Kanu if Justice Omotosho is fair.

You just copy part of Kanu's statement and post it here so as to drive a biased narrative. To be fair, why did you not post the complete broadcasts or full message so that we know why he made some of these statements. You can make a valid argument for hate speech against Kanu but he is not a terrorist, his agitation for Biafra was peaceful until government started attacking IPOB members. The government charged him for terrorism, I made my opinion in the post that the government has no case since he is not a terrorist.

duro4chang:
Continue to receive yourself. Have you gotten how you people were praising ikonso when Kanu ignited him to kill people. Have you forgotten how Kanu said 200 people should be killed in order to avenge the death of ikonso? Do you think we don't listen to kanu's devilish radio biafla? I can put it to you that you don't have the fear of God to come here and defend that criminal called Nnamdi Kanu. Let me show you some of the evil statements he made.
I am surprised that you asked a question about the offence kanu committed. We are all in Nigeria when this man stayed in England and caused harvoc in the east. Below are some of what he said. Read and tell me how palatable those speeches are to an individual and the nation at large

Cambridge Dictionary defined hate speech as public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence towards a person or group based on something such as race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.

Below are the violence inciting statements nnamdi Kanu allegedly made;[b]

1. "...When we speak, the Zoo trembles, that is what happens when a cattle rearing terrorist and paedophile is your ruler."

2. "If you find anybody in your village asking after Radio Biafra kill the baboon Awusa Fulani or Yoruba bastard. Let them keep searching as we keep tweeting for #Biafra."

3. "Buhari is a shameless Paedophile and rapist."

4. "Buhari is a Terrorist he should be killed."

5. "Nigeria is a zoo and everybody living in that
Godforsaken zoo deserves to die."

6. "Kumuyi should be stoned and dealt with thoroughly if he comes to Aba for his planned crusade."

7. "The imbecilic Goodluck Jonathan is a disgrace to humanity and deserves to be skinned alive for handing over to an Hausa goat."

8. "By the time we finish dealing with the animals in the zoo, there'll be none left to tell the story."

9. "We are assembling weapons and we need some more money to thoroughly equip our military to enable us unleash mayhem on Nigeria."

10. "Niger Deltans are cowards; we know what to do to them. Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, Edo and Cross Rivers State are our territory and anybody who tries to oppose us will be crushed."

11. "Buhari married his wife after raping her several times, the records are there."

12. "No Ibo man should attend any Church where the pastor is a Yoruba man, they are criminals and fools."

13. "Nigeria should prepare for war, we are coming to annihilate you, my secret service are already studying the zoo and strategising."

14. "Its either Biafra or death..."
15. Kill Sanwo olu and Tinubu 2020 during End SARS

16. Igbos are pigs and idiots

17 Igbos women are prostitute

18. Sit at home declaration.

Now do this, where he mentioned Nigeria change it to the name of your village and where he mentioned names of people, change it to your name or your brother and see how comfortable and happy you will feel.

Simon Ekpa deviated from Nnamdi Kanu's peaceful ideology, he worked against IPOB when he started his violent campaign in the south east. I shared a link earlier showing how he was clearly denounced by Nnamdi Kanu. You are always biased in your analysis of Kanu's case as you are quick to push half truths just to promote your false narrative.

WizardOfNG:
Lol. Always amusing, because such shows very powerful and potent brainwashing, how you people casually deny reality.

Today, Ekpa is "an FG agent" or "Buhari paid agent" and even "Tinubu plant to destroy Igbos and the SE".

Yet what do you want us to do with the truth regarding Ekpa's anointing and rise from 2021, after Kanu was arrested, no Igbo opposed back then till it was convenient for you lot to start denying Ekpa after he had begun damaging the SE seriously?

https://saharareporters.com/2021/07/09/finland-based-nigerian-finnish-citizen-simon-ekpa-takes-over-nnamdi-kanu-radio-biafra#google_vignette

I've read all your comments in this thread, I already know how you operate on this platform. Your stock in trade is to go on cheap blackmail by launching personal attacks when you fall short of what to say. You hardly react objectively to any post so I won't bother with you. I've made my opinion on Kanu's case using demonstrable facts, feel free to read again your empty comment below.

WizardOfNG:
This emotional dude has come with another emotional thread. What is the problem bro? Is it that that you never step outside your house/fantasies and therefore remain incapable of accepting/doing reality?

It is one thing to be opinionated but entirely another, as in the case of you lot, to be uncompromisingly opinionated about things you are not expert at.

Go and ask the many lawyers who were defending Kanu why they continued with his trial, till he sacked them, since they were all too stupid to understand Kanu's trial is "unjust and illegal" unlike legal supremo Truthera of Nairaland.

You can't come here daily projecting your fantasies as realities. That's not how life works. You'll only agitate yourself doing that.

There are grey areas related to how Kanu was arrested and returned to Nigeria but nothing "unjust and illegal" about his trial.

IPOB is not a terrorist organization, this is why I don't bother replying some comments made here as you guys are not factual, you simply peddle lies to satisfy your imagination.

LottiOk:
Thank you very much for schooling lieera or whatever he calls himself,he's an ipob member, they like denying it when they try to gaslight folks who see through their lies. Their stock-in-trade is to twist narratives and turn logic on its head trying to make sense of the nonsense confusion their useless leader is causing for himself and their cult group. If tomorrow Kanu accepts he's guilty and wants a plea bargain, this same guy will jump up in jubilation as he threatens FG to agree to kanu's plea bargain request. Just look at how he's avoiding the fact that USA and Israel won't accept a pinch of what Kanu did to distabilize the SE. Ask him why Osama bin laden or any Palestinians leader killed by USA and Israel were not giving the kind of violence treatment Kanu is getting from DSS and he'll deflect and start talking rubbish that it was FG that made ipob to turn violent by attacking "peaceful protesting" ipob members.

Well my happiness is that he and his likes can write all the nonsense they like but Kanu will go to jail and pay for the innocent blood of Umuigbo he directed his useless esn/ugm footsoilders to kill.

If USA or any other country's government decides to follow the path of lawless-ness and in-justice in arresting and prosecuting suspects, how does that apply to Nigeria? Your argument glorifying illegality done by other countries lacks merit because Nigeria is a sovereign state. There are international laws and due processes that must be considered.

Putindbutt:
Yeah, you're not an Eyepob, you're only a cult follower.
You said he has not been found guilty?, how many suspects in Guantanamo bay have been found guilty?, how many Palestinians locked up by Nentayahu have been found guilty?. You must be a clown. You think you can hide in any country and threaten the peace of the US or Isreal while they look away?. You know what's coming.

And the same Kanu that told the court that he has gone through his case file is the one you are here lying he was denied his file?. I listened to some ibo lawyers sympathetic to Kanu and how they have been lamenting that Kanu is about to mess up his case by himself, they are so confused why he is flip flopping.

[b]

I've shared the link with you. There was no time Nnamdi Kanu was in support of Simon Ekpa's violent campaign in the south east. He clearly condemned it, you can read the article I shared as it happened before Simon Ekpa was jailed. I guess you won't acknowledge this fact because of your biased sentiments towards Kanu.

Putindbutt:
Kanu had denounced him? . When did he denounce him, did he denounce him when they were together blabbering on radio biafra and having good times sharing the money or it was after he found himself in jail. Someone that is in jail, why won't he denounce his second in command when his yansh don dey for fire, dey play

Hmm the statememt said "Evidence obtained illegally...." in this context what was obtained illegally and presented in court was the defendant Nmamdi Kanu by virtue of his kidnap from Kenya to Nigeria. Note the exact statement by the judge - "Our law is that evidence illegally obtained is valid before the court." His "deportation" (event) can not be the evidence as it is not what is been presented in the court as evidence. Well, I am not a lawyer but I think this is a straightforward logic as it means that Kanu was what that is "illegally obtained" when analyzed by a layman. Your explanation if that's what the judge meant still does not justify the continuation of Kanu's trial.

Mynd44:
Kanu is not an object or event but his deportation was an event. The deportation was what came under scrutiny and it can be addressed.

It means the court says the way he was transported was illegal but he is here and in court so he should face trial. The poisoned tree is the deportation but the fruit is that he has a case to answer.

Now he can sue over his deportation and that's valid but he will stand trial. Get it now?

Simon Ekpa was not a product of Kanu's indoctrination. What you said is a lie as Nnamdi Kanu had denounced Ekpa's actions and exposed him as a government stooge. Please read - https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/613341-nnamdi-kanu-accuses-nigerian-govt-of-sponsoring-simon-ekpa.html?tztc=1

Putindbutt:
It's their double standards for me. Simon Ekpa was a product of Kanu's indoctrination. But they want the Chief terrorist to be released. Saying he is innocent is even a big slap on the entire country. Like I said, I blame the FG wasting time and resources prosecuting a terrorist. They know what to do and nothing will happen.

I read your post and laughed at your sentimental emotional outburst. Although, I am not an IPOB member, I am forced to question your level of education as in your assertions you failed to acknowledge the fact that an accused remains innocent until proven guity. Nnamdi Kanu has not been proven to be a terrorist, he is only a suspect in an ongoing trial. You said Kanu changed mouth, i ask on what basis? Did Kanu not reveal the reason why he changed his earlier stance on calling witnesses? You intentionally omitted the fact that it was reported that DSS had on several occasions denied him access to his case files.

You mentioned Nigerian government tolerating terrorist sympathizers.... Are you aware that the government may also be a sympathizer - https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2021/8/19/nigerias-secret-programme-to-lure-top-boko-haram-defectors

Putindbutt:
After Kanu dismissed his lawyers and listed high profile politicians as witnesses, this guy is one of the Eyepob saying the Kuje lord will disgrace the Govt in court....these Eyepob speak first before thinking, now, he's here crying. I have listened to many of them after Kanu changed his mouth and told the court he wasn't calling any witnesses again, they are confused and scared that Kanu must have used their heads to break coconut

It is not your faults, it's the Nigerian Govt tolerating nonsense from terrorist sympathizers. I dare you to go to US and take the Govt to court for "kidnapping" terrorists suspects being locked up in Guantanamo bay. Since you Eyepob also support Isreal, do you have the nerves to condemn Nentayahu for picking up Palestinians and locking them up in an underground cell. It's Nigerian Govt wasting time & resources prosecuting a terrorist. He should have been locked up in an underground cell forever.

It is the government and not IPOB that destroyed the south east. Nigerian government sent over 100 people to their early graves - https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/nigeria-at-least-115-people-killed-by-security-forces-in-four-months-in-countrys-southeast/

duro4chang:
They actually burnt their region. They sent many people to their early graves. Ignorance!

When government agents were busy killing unarmed IPOB members, innocent people and burning their properties in the south east, you and others condemning Nnamdi Kanu now, did not open your odoriferous mouths to condemn the government's atrocious actions.

Saturnalia:
Don’t mind them. His court case is illegal but when his army were busy burning down Federal Government Properties and killing innocent citizens, none of them opened their odoriferous mouths to condemn their actions.

I took the time to go through his case. I still maintain that the government has no case against him as long as terrorism is concerned. There is a valid argument to be made if the charges brought against him was for hate speech or possession of illegal materials. Nnamdi Kanu is not a terrorist. Note that right to self-determination is internationally recognized. It is a fundamental principle of international law.

Willy2025:
Kanu himself is not denying that he committed the offences, but said he did so when he was in England. Go and listen to his ramblings in court yesterday. Are five witnesses and many exhibits tendered not enough to prove a case?

What are the unshakable evidences apart from the testimonies made by 5 witnesses provided by the prosecution team. If you are sure of what you are saying then share these "unshakable" evidences here.

Willy2025:
Instead of all this your plenty rantings on nairaland, why not apply as one of his witness and table all the above before the court. There was unshakable evidence before the court showing Kanu committing acts of treason yet you are here whipping tribal sentiments

Okay but your explanation still does not justify continuation of the trial because Nnamdi Kanu can not be an "evidence" as he is not an object or document. He is a living human being with rights under the law. The supreme court clearly twisted the law just to nulify the Appeal court ruling acquitting him.

In my opinion, kidnapping him is already an offense not just under international law but also Nigerian law as his rights were clearly violated in the process (He is still a suspect and not yet proven guilty). It is absurd for the supreme court judge to justify the violation of his rights by transforming him magically to an "evidence" in a case he is a defendant. It does not make sense.

Mynd44:
@truthera

The problem you are not seeing is a legal technicality. This is how it works.
In America for example, if the police stops you on an illegal search and finds cocaine or even evidence that you murdered someone, that evidence is inadmissible in court as it was gotten due to an illegal search. Heck, if they don't even read your rights during the arrest, any statement you make might not be used.

Here in Nigeria though, we use a system called "Fruits of a poisoned tree" meaning that evidence gotten from an illegal search, arrest or process is admissible as long as said evidence indicts you and this is what the supreme court pointed out.

In the Nigerian system, you are allowed to sue the police for illegally breaking into your house and carrying out an illegal search and win but the evidence found during that search is admissible in court and will be used against you in trial.

Now, before you curse the Supreme Court judges, they merely interpreted the law, they didnt make.

If you watched the attached video in my post. You will see that Nnamdi Kanu apologized for what he said about Yoruba people or any other southern tribe in the video. I purposely attached that video to counter some false narratives peddled by mischievous Nairaland users against Kanu.

Nomercie:
Yes we hate Kanu not because he agitated for biafrud nation,he called for our extermination and it's a greatest sin,he should have done his agitation without involving Yoruba.since he invited us to his discussion,can you please stop crying that we're giving him the attention he craved for.

In this thread, I will try to explain why the government has no case against Nnamdi Kanu by dissecting specific points as a result of events that occured during his trial.

Nnamdi Kanu is currently facing seven charges over his Biafra agitation. Six of the charges, which accused him of incitement, enforcement of a sit-at-home order in the region, intimidation, threat against Nigerians and security personnel, and professing to be a member of IPOB. Only one of the charges alleging illegal importation of a radio transmitter was filed under the Criminal Code Act.

To prove the injustice and illegality of Kanu's case, I will list and explain 5 points below.

- Strange ruling by Supreme Court judges

The Court of Appeal in Abuja ruling acquitted/freed Nnamdi Kanu. The court anchored its decision dismissing the charges on the illegality of the “extraordinary rendition”, that is the illegal kidnap of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 to continue his trial. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun declared that Kanu’s forcible repatriation (Kidnap) from Kenya to Nigeria was illegal.

Even after the supreme court declared that Kanu's kidnap from Kenya was illegal, lead judgement prepared by Tijjani Abubakar, ruled that there is no Nigerian law that prohibits the use of “illegally obtained evidence for the trial of a defendant.”

This shameful legal twist at the supreme court was glaringly a deliberate ploy to deny Kanu justice after he had won his case at the Court of Appeal. The supreme court stated "The Court of Appeal was wrong to say that the Federal High Court can no longer try Kanu". The judge further said “Our law is that evidence illegally obtained is valid before the court. A violation of Mr Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now”

The supreme court also ruled that there is no legislation that provides in Nigeria that trial should stop where the prosecution does something illegal against the defendant while standing trial. So according to this funny ruling, does that mean that Nigeria's laws are so primitive that it is okay for the government been the prosecutor can kill or harm the defendant in their custody anytime even while standing trial?

Based on these absurd declarations to support illegality, is it not obvious that the judges at the supreme court who made these ruling were not interested in justice but only aimed at upturning court of appeal ruling by all means even if it means misquoting the law just to deny Kanu his freedom? When the judge said "Our law is that evidence illegality obtained is valid before the court. A violation of Mr Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now” Does this imply that Kanu is now an "evidence" and no longer "defendant" in his case? Also, what does the judge mean by this sily statement "A violation of Mr. Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now". Clearly, Kanu's case should not have been entertained further by the supreme court after it declared the obvious illegality in his extraordinary rendition from Kenya. Since supreme court judge decided to bury this glaring fact of illegality shows that Kanu won't get justice in any Nigerian court.

- Use of anonymous security officers as witnesses.

So the government in a bid to prove the charges against Kanu, requested that the name of the witnesses be shielded from the public for the general reasons of security. In my opinion, this arrangement is unfair, allowing anonymous witnesses creates room for lies because these witnesses who claim to be DSS/SSS officers can not be held accountable by the law if their testimonies against Kanu are later exposed to be fabricated lies since they can not be identified, no real name or ID provided. Simply put, these anonymous witnesses can speak based on their imagination and conjure up fictitious stories or share fake statistics of persons killed by IPOB without any legal consequences.

- Empty witness testimonies

The government prosecution team presented 5 anonymous witnesses wth fake names to testify. None of these witnesses in their testimonies were able to indict Kanu directly of any act of terrorism instead they told stories of Youtube videos they watched and audio recording of his broadcasts. No witness was able to prove how Kanu carried gun and led other gunmen to attack several villages or towns in any south east state. No witness was able to provide details on how IPOB was directly involved in the killing of any of the victims they mentioned or call an actual victim to corroborate their testimonies in court. Also, no IPOB gunman was presented in court to say that Kanu's broadcast made him or her to go on a killing spree. All anonymous witnesses were strangely and conveniently DSS operatives with no neutral party presented as a witness by the prosecution team.

- The government's glaring complicity

IPOB was never formed to be a violent terror group. Nnamdi Kanu had in several of his broadcasts and interviews made it clear that his agitation is peaceful and about justice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZT8pJq1jJU

The government ochestrated the violence in the south east through it's military campaigns that led to the killings of over 100 people, see link below for details

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/nigeria-at-least-115-people-killed-by-security-forces-in-four-months-in-countrys-southeast/

Through out Kanu's trial, no one who served in Buhari or Tinubu's government has been subpoenaed by the court or provided by the prosecution as witness to testify under oath over Nigeria's government role in the purported terrorism, state sponsored violence that killed these people in the south east. Is it safe to say that the government is above the law? What this means is that it is okay for Nigerian government to kill 100s of innocent people at will and without consequences.

- Pervasive injustice towards the Igbo man

It is no longer a hidden fact that there is a systemic marginalization, hateful sentiments towards igbo people in Nigeria. One example I will use is the events that occured during the recent #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja. The protest was organized by Omoyele Sowore, on the day of protest, Nigerian police deliberately targeted, arrested Kanu's brother, his lawyer and other igbo men who participated in the protest with trumped up charges while leaving Sowore the protest organiser to roam free. They reluctantly arrested Sowore only after widspread outcry by Nigerians calling out the obvious double standards by the police force.

Also, the Nigerian government prosecuting Nnamdi Kanu for terrorism has on several occasions released and negotiated with fulani deadly terrorists. Some of these terrorist leaders routinely meet with government officials fully kitted with automatic machine guns and are offered sweet amnesty deals after killing 100s of people in the northern part of the country. The undeniable fact is that Nnamdi Kanu even though is not a terrorist, is been unjustly persecuted by this same government that pampers terrorists mainly because is an igbo man.

Nairaland, the platform I am making this post is not spared from this biased sentiment as some of you reading this post, pretending to be emergency lovers of justice, are in support of the government's actions towards Kanu simply because is an igbo man.

- Final words
In conclusion, Nnamdi Kanu may have broken the law through some actions he took when he established IPOB but he is not a terrorist as I've proven that this is an unjust trial geared towards denying him justice. Nigerians who are in support of this that are calling for Kanu's head because he is an igbo man should note that this unjust trial if allowed to continue and his wrongly sentenced for terrorism, will only set another dangerous precedence that will eventually consume Nigeria in due time.

This injustice will not end with Nnamdi Kanu...

I understand that most users on this platform and other social media platforms that are joyful over what the government is doing to Nnamdi Kanu are Y-oruba people from the south western region. Tinubu Y-orubacentric government will end very soon. It is obvious that some of you, who pretend to frown at Nnamdi Kanu's struggle for self-determination will at the end of Tinubu's government become champions of Oduduwa nation, you will start your own agitation for the actualization of Oduduwa republic once your people are no longer controlling Nigeria's federal government. When the time comes and you are unjustly arrested, prosecuted for terrorism by the fulani government you so cherish to take over from Tinubu, I hope you will accept your sentences in good faith having supported the government's unjust actions towards Nnamdi Kanu.

The government has no case. Note that Kanu had changed his mind only after reading the case file. DSS had earlier denied him access to this document. The case is not over yet so Kanu will still prove his innocence in due time.

imiski:
OP how market.
https://www.nairaland.com/8548511/kanu-refuses-defend-insists-no

I see you mentioned my ID here. I will provide a robust reply to you and buckeyemedia in an upcoming thread I will post soon.

buckeyemedia:
Truthera, gidgiddy your opinions are needed.

WizardOfNG:
Precisely. This is why I am mocking Kanu's Messiah worshipper on the thread below because, as I had stated to them, no sensible person will believe anything Kanu's witnesses will say, even if that will include Jesus, will invalidate the many evidence against Kanu to include verified audio of him asking for Lagos to be destroyed and Tinubu be killed.

We can all be emotional and sentimental but that of these lot is something else.

https://www.nairaland.com/8546061/nnamdi-kanu-finally-disgrace-nigeria#137260663

Why grant them bail when you actually don't want to free them. What kind of judge grants a bail without signing off on their bail bond? This is same Kangaroo courts that some Nigerians expect Nnamdi Kanu to get fair judgement. Tinubu should be held responsible if anything happens to this lawyer. What a shameless lawless country.