The Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, has written the United Nations, UN, about the ruling of the African
Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, ACHR, against the Nigerian government.
The group is demanding the
international community to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration to obey court order.
The IPOB made this known in a
statement signed by the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Comrade Emma
Powerful.
According to the statement, “We,
the IPOB worldwide, have today (yesterday) formally notified the civilised
world about the interim ruling of the ACHR against the Nigerian government and
the need for international community to prevail upon the administration of
Muhammadu Buhari to abide by the rulings as pronounced.
“Buhari’s administration is
infamous for persistent and habitual disobedience of court orders. They have no
regard for the rule of law as evidenced by numerous instances where they have
declined to obey judicial pronouncements.
“In the light of this
undemocratic and dictatorial tendency of the present regime in Nigeria, we the
IPOB through the office of the Directorate of State have communicated to world
bodies, the need to hold Nigeria accountable to its international obligations
especially its duty to honour legally binding treaties.
“Without any rigorous oversight,
the Buhari’s regime will treat the latest pronouncement by ACHR with the same
disdain as ordinary court judgements in Nigeria.
“We firmly believe that it is the
duty of the civilised world to hold brutal regimes in Africa, especially those
that assumed power under the cover of democracy, to account for their actions.”
The ACHR had through its Decision
on Seizure and Provisional Measures, on March 8, 2018, asked the Federal
Government to rescind its decision branding IPOB and its members as terrorists
as well as the proscription.
It also, condemned the “arrest
and lengthy detention of Nnamdi Kanu (as IPOB leader); and the lethal military
attacks against his person (while he was free on bail), his family, and members
of IPOB in September 2017; and which attacks led to many deaths, wounding and
military arrests and detentions of IPOB members, including the troubling fact
that Nnamdi Kanu has not been seen or heard from since the said attacks.”
The ACHR, while “granting
provisional measures,” further stated that, “the continuing and menacing
presence of armed soldiers at several checkpoints in the five states of
southeastern Nigeria which has created an atmosphere of fear that many more
IPOB members (including Nnamdi Kanu – if he is alive) could be shot at sight
pursuant to their having been declared terrorists.”
It then asked the government “Not
to take any further action so as to avoid irreparable damage to the Victim,
IPOB and its members, pending the decision of the Commission on this
Communication.”
Copied in the decision were
President of USA, the British Prime Minister, United Nations Human Rights
Council, the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria, the European
Commission for Human Rights Africa Union, the US Congress, the House of Commons
of the United Kingdom as well as Office of the Prime Minister of Israel and
Parliament of Canada among others.
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