Campaign for Democracy, CD, South East Zone, yesterday, joined other human rights bodies in the call for the immediate release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, the Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisah Metuh and the former National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).
In a statement in Onitsha, Anambra State, CD also expressed concern that Buhari had formed the habit of cracking down on Igbo leaders at any slight provocation.
In the statement by its chairman in the zone, Dede A. Uzor, CD recalled that Kanu was arrested on October 17, 2015 and a court of competent jurisdiction granted him bail, yet Buhari refused to release him, just as he also refused to obey the court order which granted Dasuki bail to travel abroad for his medical check-up.
CD regretted that up till date, the duo are still languishing in the dungeons of the Department of Security Services, DSS, adding that Tuesday’s arrest of Metuh was viewed as a clandestine move to silence opposition.
The statement, therefore, gave Buhari a seven-day ultimatum within which to release the above named individuals from detention or else CD would mobilize more than 70 million Ndigbo, both home and in the Diaspora, to carry out a mass protest against their continued detention.
The statement noted that CD was not against arresting any corrupt public officers, but reminded Buhari of the need to obey the sanctity of court orders or rulings, which he swore to uphold, adding that it was very dangerous when such leaders like Buhari disobey court orders.
“Buhari should tell us how many All Progressives Congress, APC, members he has arrested for corrupt practices or does it mean that APC members are all clean, including the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who allegedly spent over $16 billion on power sector reform without anything to show for it?”
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why why, why do everything has 2be me, me ( Igbo, lgbo) people. if you believe dat you’re a Nigerian then leave the issue of being sentimental about tribes. A theif is a theif, although their class is different. Why are you in romance with somebody who conspire to denied both you & me our human right by stealing part of our wealth. Do you classify yourself has Olisa Metuh to be of the same class as a common man. Wake up men, this not what great man like Dr. Namdi Azikwe had in mine for Nigerians, Cuffing Metuh a theif is not a big deal, if it was to be in U.S A. he’ll be chained from his hands and legs cuffed, even if care is not taking a black box goes with handcuff for tearing government document while in custody. As the matter of facts, you Igbo people should be ashamed of Mr. Metuh and that terrorist call KANU. l pray for all dead heads who think always of injecting sentiment into national issues die in hell. Amen.
nice one Dear….