IJAW
youths from the Nine states of the Niger Delta have condemned the move
by Nigerian Police Force to arraign in court 59 arrested members of the
proscribe Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over alleged charge of
terrorism.
The Ijaw youths, under the aegis of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) worldwide, urged the Attorney General of the Federation whose duty it is to advice the President and Commander in Chief on weighty legal issues to adequately clarify the air on the steps and elements of the offence that must be proven before declaring genuine agitations as a terrorist group.
The Spokesman of the Eric Omare led faction of the IYC, Henry Iyalla, who stated this in a statement issued via email, stated that “the attention of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has been drawn to a report contained in national dailies on the recent move by the Commissioner of Police in Abia State, that the arrested members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will be tried based on Terrorism charges in Court.”
“It is quit unfortunate
that peaceful agitations and assembly would be termed as a terrorist
organization without following the laid down procedures and steps as
contained in the Terrorism Prevention Act 2011 as amended and Extant
Laws.
“It
must be stated that for a person or a group of persons to be termed as a
terrorist organization, certain elements of the said offence must have
been breached, however, in the instant case the reverse is the obvious.
“We therefore call on the Attorney General of the Federation whose
duty it is to advice the President and Commander in Chief on weighty
legal issues to adequately clarify on the steps and elements of the
offence that must be proven before terming genuine agitations as a
Terrorist Group.”“Similarly, we call on the Nigerian Bar Association and the International Community not to watch while innocent persons are been killed, assaulted and subjected to un usual torture in total contravention of our Laws and international Treaties Nigeria have assented to and domesticated.”
http://www.emeraldng.com/iyc-faults-police-move-prosecute-59-arrested-ipob-members-terrorism/
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