Biafra Sues Nigeria For Human Rights Violation..!_ Seeks Self-Government..!
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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu inspecting a guard
The Street Journal October 15, 2012
While Nigerians are still reacting to the dust raised in the memoirs of renowned author, Prof Chinua Achebe in which he alleged that Late Chief Awolowo recommended that starvation should be used to subdue the Igbo during the Nigerian Civil War, a group, under the name “Bilie Human Rights Initiative” has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria to court.
The case, with suit No. FHC/OW/CS/102/2012 was filed in the Federal High Court of Nigeria in the Owerri Judicial Division against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation seeking to enforce the rights of indigenous people of Biafra to self-determination and independence.
A press conference was also addressed by the organization in which the group’s press secretary, Elder Eddy Anyawu who gave the reasons behind the legal action. He stated that “we are here today to let the world know what is happening in Nigeria. The safety of the lives and properties of indigenous people of Biafra living in Nigeria are no longer guaranteed.
The Biafrans were forced to surrender their sovereignty and become Nigerian citizens on the promise that their lives and properties would be protected by the Government of Nigeria. Now, it has become clear that the Government of Nigeria is impotent and incompetent to protect the indigenous people of Biafra who were not consumed by the war.
Protesters in action
In fact, the Nigeria Police and Army Officers have continued to harass, intimidate, arrest, detain and kill Biafran human rights activists who are agitating for the self-determination and independence of Biafra by peaceful means but spare the militant activists from other nationalities agitating for similar outcome. There is clear and demonstrable policy of discrimination, marginalization, oppression and racism against the remnants of the indigenous people of Biafra living in Nigeria which has caused some of them to deny their identity in order to receive favours from the Federal Government of Nigeria. The situation has compelled Bilie Human Rights Initiative to file multiple suits against the Federal Government of Nigeria and its agents on behalf of the indigenous people of Biafra to protect their human and peoples’ rights. At the moment, the two suits Bilie Human Rights Initiative has filed are as follows:
(a) Case number 1 is for the Self-determination and Independence of Biafra
(b) Case number 2 is an order seeking restraint on the part of the Federal Government of Nigeria and her agents from the continued intimidation, harassment and threat to life of the publishers and distributors of Eastern Pilot Newspaper and violation of the publication’s freedom of expression as guaranteed under the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
To all factions…. We’ll be better off toloreting each other then resolve our issues and stay as one country. We have to tackle poverty, lawlessness, joblesness just to mention a few of our problems.. The country is in shambles…. No head No tail.
Posted: at 16-10-2012 02:20 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Ojukwu is in a better position to file such case but the guy is dead now. I believe if he is alive and such case was risen he will be arrested for he was the mastermind of Nigerian Civil War. I would say it is a perfect timing. They only rise this issue when ojukwu is no more.
IN ZAKA FADI, FADI GASKIYA, KOMAI TA JA MA A YI MAKA
Posted: at 18-10-2012 01:08 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
Treasure2 at 4-03-2013 01:19 PM (12 years ago) (f)
Quote from: cadanre on 18-10-2012 01:08 PM
Ojukwu is in a better position to file such case but the guy is dead now. I believe if he is alive and such case was risen he will be arrested for he was the mastermind of Nigerian Civil War. I would say it is a perfect timing. They only rise this issue when ojukwu is no more.
And you think is only Ojukwu that can fight this???
Posted: at 4-03-2013 01:19 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu inspecting a guard
Protesters in action
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