Yesterday (May 4, 2023), I tweeted on my Twitter handle that “Given that the FINALITY of election result is decided by the Court, except where the INEC-declared result is uncontested, it’s unconstitutional to swear-in a winner whose victory has not been affirmed by the Court. Where’s the law that says such a winner must be sworn-in? None!”
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Inaugurating A New President On May 29 Is Not Absolute
Monday, March 27, 2023
Igboland And Its Hidden Tributaries To The Atlantic
By Aloy Ejimakor
It’s often said that a lie told so many times, if unchallenged, may – in the course of time and generations – begin to pass for the truth. One of such is the terrible lie and brazen propaganda, institutionally purveyed (against the Igbo) since the end of the Civil War, to the effect that Igboland is landlocked or has no access to the Atlantic Ocean.
The purpose of this essay, therefore, is to rebut this fat lie with some simple historical, geographical and topographical evidence that are in plain view, if you care to dig into the archives or conduct some basic physical explorations of your own. In the same vein, those that mock the Igbo on this account might as well imbibe the truth and pedal back to reason and reality.
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Why Buhari Must Let Nnamdi Kanu Go
By Ikechukwu Amaechi
I am not a lawyer. But in writing this article, I spoke to learned friends who, in unanimity, held that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has no legal beam to hang its jaundiced interpretation of the Appeal Court judgement that discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, of terrorism charges.
*KanuIn a historic and courageous judgement, a three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, October 13, discharged Kanu of the seven-count charge pending against him before the Federal High Court. The judgement, unprecedented in its audacity, faulted the process through which the IPOB leader was brought before the court to answer to a 15-count terrorism charge.
Friday, May 28, 2021
International Criminal Court: An Early Warning For Nigerian Officials
By Aloy Ejimakor
The Rome Statute is the international treaty that founded the International Criminal Court. Comprising of 13 parts, it establishes the governing framework for the Court. Adopted at the Rome Conference on July 17, 1998, it came into force on July 1, 2002, thereby creating the International Criminal Court. The Statute sets out the Court’s jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and – as of an amendment in 2010 – the crime of aggression.
Nigeria has ratified the Statute, thus making the Nigerian State and non-state actors subject to the jurisdiction of ICC. The Nigerian State means its President and his appointees, especially the heads of the security agencies, their commanders, officers and the other ranks under them. It also includes governors and all personnel working under their authority, directly or indirectly.Friday, May 21, 2021
Nigeria: Attorney-General Is Wrong On Open Grazing
By Aloy Ejimakor
Days ago, Abubakar Malami
(SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) granted an interview to
Channels Television in which he faulted Southern Governors’ ban on open
grazing. The AGF is wrong; Southern Governors are right, and here’s why:
Before one can graze, he must be a cattle rearer or a herdsman. The herdsman would have to enter another person’s land. If the herdsman is grazing on his own land, it does not implicate any legal, safety or economic issues because the land belongs to him. But when he goes upon another man’s land to graze without permission or some leave and license, he commits trespass, civil and criminal trespass to boot.
Friday, August 28, 2020
The Enugu Massacre And Why Tribe Matters
The invitation admittedly extended to the Army by the Enugu State Police Commissioner ahead of the deadly shooting at Emene was too prompt and bears stark evidence of premeditation for lethal violence against the Igbo element on the part of the Commissioner of Police.
Monday, August 24, 2020
Enugu Massacre: Forget IPOB, They Are Ndigbo
The Yoruba has, in moderation, said his own. The Fulani has, in extremism, said his own. Let me now, as an Igbo, say my own, and here it is: Whoever takes the life of an IPOB member is taking the life of an Igbo and therefore will ultimately account to Ndigbo. It’s not a threat; it’s a fact.
Friday, May 29, 2020
Igboland Is Not Landlocked!
*John Nnia Nwodo President General, Ohaneze Ndigbo |
Monday, October 2, 2017
Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian Army Is In Contempt Of Court
By Aloy Ejimakor
*Kanu |