We the members of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) under the
leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu condemn unequivocally the distasteful
statement credited to the acting President of Nigeria Professor Yemi
Osibanjo, to the effect that Biafra agitators who through the
instrumentality of IPOB are exercising their God given and inalienable
right to self determination, is in violation of the provisions of the
General Abdulsalami Abubakar 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.
For such a statement to escape the lips of a learned fellow like
Prof. Osinbajo confirms the widely held view that African leaders lack
the mental capacity and discipline to operate a constitutional democracy
in a modern world. If the corrupt ruling class in Nigeria cannot
distinguish between those rights that are sacrosanct, such as freedom of
association and freedom of expression under which IPOB operates, then
the entire political edifice in Nigeria is a monumental mess.
It is very shameful that a professor of law cannot situate the
Nigeria constitution within the context and meaning of the right to self
determination as recognized in international law. Somebody should
please draw the attention of Professor Yemi Osibanjo to the provisions
of the Africa Charter on Human and Peoples Rights which Nigeria ratified
and went ahead to domesticate into her local laws.
How can a professor of law threaten jail term for those exercising
their right to self determination under laws adopted and ratified by
Nigeria? This confirms again the widely held view that legal practice in
Nigeria is one almighty joke. We are challenging Prof. Osinbajo to show
the whole world how, where and when IPOB committed this offence he
alluded to since the inception of the current phase of the agitation. The criminal political cabal that led President Buhari astray on the
issue of Biafra agitation are at it again. By assuring Osinbajo that
threatening language, mass arrests, illegal detention, killings and
brutal crackdown will frighten IPOB into submission, this same group of
corrupt criminals are setting up Osinbajo to fail the same way they
caused Buhari’s failure.
If Osinbajo continues to heed their evil counsel by using threatening
language when addressing IPOB he will end up a failure like Buhari.
Nigeria must understand how ready we are to go to prison. They should
build more illegal detention facilities because we cannot stop agitating
for our right to self determination until the Nigerian government
accepts the need for a date for referendum on the question of Biafra.
Professor Yemi Osibanjo should have consulted superior legal minds to
advice him before coming on air to make such misleading comments. The
Nigerian Constitution and its provisions cannot supersede international
charters and treaties freely entered into by the Nigerian state where
such treaties appear to render null and void the obnoxious provisions of
the Nigerian Constitution.
Those that wrongly advised Prof. Osinbajo to embark upon the citation
of the ill conceived constitutional reference to the indissolubility of
the Nigeria, should refer to the landmark Nigerian Supreme Court
judgement on the case of Abacha Vs. Fawehinmi. United Nations charter on
the rights of indigenous people and African charter which was ratified
and signed by Nigeria is still in place till today and overrides the
Nigerian Constitution on the rights for the indigenous people to the
self determination.
We are warning the vocal few rented saboteurs and uneducated public
commentators in Nigeria to stop the perverse insinuation that Biafra
agitation is all about war. IPOB is not asking for war, rather what we
are asking for is self determination and the only way to achieve that is
through the internationally recognized instrument of referendum or
plebiscite.
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COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.
Source: 247ureports
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