The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has decried the seeming
flagrant disregard of court orders by the Federal Government, stressing
that a sustained attitude of disdain to the rule of law by the Federal
Government will foster lawlessness among the populace.
The
spokesman for IPOB, Emma Powerful, made the assertion while speaking on
the continued incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the IPOB.
“The
courts of the land has granted Nnamdi Kanu bail, but the Federal
Government is still detaining him. In the same way, the court granted
Dasuki bail but Buhari thinks he should not be bailed because according
to him, his offence is ‘grievous’, thus making himself the judge and
jury in his own case,” Powerful said.
He also made veiled
references to Femi Fani Kayode, who is still being detained after he had
met bail conditions and Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the President of the
National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), an Igbo son, who has been held
is DSS detention facility for more than 25 days without being charged.
He also accused the FG of not telling the public Ugochinenyere’s crime.
Commenting
on the injunction obtained by the Federal Government to stop the NLC
strike, Powerful said, “That is an underhand, black market injunction.
If the judiciary knows what it stands for, it should not be entertaining
any government case or application, what more granting them such
doubtful injunctions. Why would it even grant audience to the government
that hold the courts in contempt?
H“owever, it must be noted that
if the FG continues to refuse to obey court orders, it would be
gradually but surely enthroning lawlessness at every level in Nigeria.”
He
added that, “Where there is no law, anarchy sets in. The FG, with the
present spate of impunity, is setting the stage for anarchy in the
country and in the light of the foregoing, the NLC or any other group is
not obligated to obey such injunctions as recently obtained by the
Federal Government.”
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