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Nnamdi Kanu: ADF demands unconditional release of IPOB leader
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Igbo think-tank, Alaigbo Development Foundation, ADF, has demanded immediate and unconditional release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
President of the ADF, Prof Ukachukwu Awuzie made the call during a press conference held in Enugu on Sunday after an executive meeting of the group.
DAILY POST recalls that Kanu, who was rearraigned by the Federal Government was denied bail by Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
His legal representatives have also cried out that he can’t get justice while in detention. https://dailypost.ng/2024/04/07/ipob-nnamdi-kanu-cant-get-fair-trial-while-detained-by-dss-lawyer-ejimakor/
At the press briefing, Awuzie said that Kanu’s demand for self-determination constituted the fundamental rights enshrined in the United Nation’s Charter for Human Rights as well as the African Charter for Human and People’s Rights.
He noted that Kanu’s continued incarceration was more worrisome as Boko Haram fighters who have taken up arms against the nation were being released and reintegrated into the society, even to the point of being conscripted into the nation’s security architecture.
“The ADF calls for the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB).
“The struggles for self-determination embarked upon by Kanu and his supporters are popular democratic agitations and constitute the fundamental rights enshrined in the United Nations Charter for Human Rights as well as the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
“Kanu’s continued incarceration constitutes a spite on social justice and an infringement on his fundamental rights to self expression, especially when viewed against the Federal Government’s attitude of allowing those who had taken up arms against the state to be released, rehabilitated and even reintegrated into the Nation’s security architecture,” he said.
The former Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) president said that the vision of ADF was geared towards building a strong and virile organization of Igbo Intelligentsia that is ready and willing to defend the cause of Igbo liberation from marginalization, oppression and under-development.
He called on South East Governors to come together to develop a comprehensive development plan for the Igbo nation as, “It is one sure way of harnessing our abundant human and material resources for the attainment of food security.”
“The time has come for Ndigbo to create master-plans for infrastructural development of their region with a solid rail system to link all the major industrial, commercial and administrative hubs in Alaigbo,” he said.
Awuzie added that the new executive was committed to an ADF that pursues the dreams and aspirations of Ndigbo within the Nigerian federation and one that is equally focused on our self-determination in Nigeria.
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is facing mounting pressure from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over preparations for the 2027 general elections.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, made the allegation during an interview with The Sun on Saturday.
According to Abdullahi, INEC is caught between preserving its independence and responding to political pressure from the ruling party.
“INEC is conflicted. There is tension between its desire to maintain its independence and the pressure it is facing from the ruling party. Sometimes it yields to that pressure, while at other times it tries to resist and uphold its independence,” he said.
He added that the ADC sympathises with the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, over what he described as the pressure being mounted on him, but stressed that the issue goes beyond the individual.
“We have sympathy for the INEC chairman because we understand the kind of pressure he is under. But this is not about him alone; it is about the institution of INEC.
“Politicians are not the only ones on trial. ADC is not the only party on trial, and neither is any other political party. INEC is also on trial, just as the judiciary is.
“INEC has an opportunity to demonstrate that its loyalty lies with the Nigerian Constitution and the Nigerian people. Every government eventually leaves office and is judged by history.
“History will remember Prof. Amupitan. He must decide the role he wants to play in Nigeria’s democratic history—whether he wants to be remembered with honour or with ignominy. The opportunity to make that choice is now,” Abdullahi stated.
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Insecurity, hunger laced with lackluster INEC may make 2027 election not to hold-ADC spokesman, Abdullahi
The National Spokesman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has said he is scared that the 2027 general elections may not hold due to massive hunger, unreliable INEC and insecurity.
Abdullahi attributed his fears to certain endemic factors from both the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government.
Abdullahi also cited insecurity, saying it may create situations where the election will not hold in many parts of the country.
He also said that the hunger in the land created by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration is another reason that people may not come out to exercise their franchise, adding that Nigerians are bitter.
“There is so much procurement INEC usually embarks on. A lot of them are offshore, outside the country. If by now INEC has not received funding for those procurements or has not been able to do those procurements, then the election is threatened. That is my number one fear.
“I am worried that INEC may not be ready for the election, whether deliberately or inadvertently. I have serious fear that INEC may not be ready for the election.
“They may rig the election and tell people to go to court, thinking that politicians will go to court, and that they will live happily thereafter,” The Sun quoted him as saying.
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