A group of human rights activists
under the aegis of Centre for Human Rights
and Social Justice, CHRSJ, has supportedt the
open protest slated for Friday this week by the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against the
continued detention of their leader, Comrade
Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government
under President Muhamadu Buhari’s watch,
saying that the detention of Kanu was illegal
and unconstitutional.
It will be recalled that the IPOB, through its
spokesperson on Monday, has enjoined the
Igbo people and all those who believed in the
Biafra ideology in the country to sit-at-home
and shutdown their businesses on Friday,
September 23, in protest over illegal continued
detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
The activists were drawn from: The Christian
Awareness Mission Group, CAMG; Passengers
Fundamental Rights Group PATRGIA;The
Islamic Political Awareness Group, TIPAG;
Centre for Social Justice and Equity of
Nigeria, ESJEN; Civil Societies Coalition for
the Emancipation of Osun State, CSCEOS;
Veteran Groups for Operation Clean Crusade,
VGOCC; Apata-Aiyeraye Social Political
Volunteer Group, ASPVG; De-Mainstream
Independent Group, DMIG; and Coalition
Against Illegal Arrest & Unlawful Detention,
CAIA&UD.
Others were: Centre for Constitutional Rights
and Counter Corruption Crusader; Save Lagos
Group, SLG; The ConscienceMainstream, TCM;
African Masses Voices for Survival, AMVS; The
Christians Youths for the Peoples’ Rights and
Development, CYPRD; Islamic Movement for
Muslims’ Rights, IMMR; Divine Nigerians
Liberators for Peoples’ Fundamental Rights,
DNLPFR; and The Christians Volunteers
Groups for Good Governance in Nigeria,
TCVGGGN.
Speaking on behalf of the group, its
Coordinating leader, Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi
Sulaiman, in a statement made available to
newsmen on Monday, declared their total
support for the proposed peaceful protest to
be embarked upon by the members of the
IPOB, in pressurizing for their home demand,
demanding unconditional release of Biafra
Radio Director (Kanu) from the custody of
Federal Government.
It strongly condemned the illegal continued
detention of Kanu, which it stated that was
against the principles of democracy that gives
the citizens freedom to assemble and express
his or her opinion without any hindrance,
showing concern on what it may happen on
the continued detention of Biafra leader.
It then called on, all lovers of democracy in
Nigeria and Diaspora to guide against using
brute force of despotic days of military era on
the innocent citizens of the country by
Buhari’s government, describing the proposed
protest as welcome development in right
direction.
Source:- vanguard
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