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Hisbah Seizes 1,426 Bottles Of Alcoholic Beverages

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Hisbah Seizes 1,426 Bottles Of Alcoholic Beverages

The Hisbah Board in Jigawa State has seized 1,426 bottles of assorted alcoholic beverages in two local government areas of the state.

The Hisbah Commander, Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Thursday.

Dahiru said the command also seized a 25-litre jerry of local beer, popularly called burukutu.

He explained that the alcoholic beverages were confiscated when the Hisbah personnel raided hotels, drinking joints, and spots in the two affected areas.

The Commander added 15 suspects, including a woman, were apprehended during the raids.

According to him, 177 bottles of assorted beer, 25 litres of burkutu and 14 suspects were seized and arrested on April 3 in Gumel Local Government Area.

Dahiru said: “The Hisbah raided three beer parlours in Gumel LGA, namely: Awala Hotel, located on Gujungu Road; Sabuwar Sahara, located behind LG Secretariat; and Gidan Mama Mai Burkutu.

“In these raids, we were able to arrest 14 persons, including a woman who sells burukitu.

“In these raids also, we were able to seize 177 bottles of beer and 25 liters of burukitu.”

Dahiru further stated that 1,249 bottles of assorted beer and 143 empty cartons were confiscated when the Hisbah raided a beer parlour in Takur Aduwa area of Dutse on March 4.

He added: “On March 4, Hisbah personnel raided Bone Beer Parlour in Takur Aduwa in Dutse Local Government Area.

“During this raid, we confiscated 1,249 bottles of beer, 143 empty cartons, a car with registration number MG 194 XA.”

Dahiru added that one person suspected to be the owner of the beer was also arrested.

The Commander, who enjoined residents to be law-abiding, said all the items and suspects were handed over to the police for further action.

Dahiru further emphasised that consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited across the state.

He commended residents for their support and cooperation with the board, assuring that the command will continue to fight against immoral acts and social vices in all parts of the state.

EFCC Docks Ex-Legislative Aide For N6.5m Fraud, 3 Others Convicted Of Cybercrime In Kwara

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EFCC Docks Ex-Legislative Aide For N6.5m Fraud, 3 Others Convicted Of Cybercrime In Kwara
Segun Emmanuel Oni
Segun Emmanuel Oni

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 arraigned one Segun Emmanuel Oni, a Personal Assistant to former Senator representing Kwara South Senatorial Constituency, Senator Simeon Ajibola, for criminal breach of trust and fraud to the tune of N6.5million.

Oni, 42, from Isapa in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State was arraigned before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting  in Ilorin on a two-count charge contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code Law and punishable under Section 312 of the same Penal Code.

Oni was allegedly entrusted with two Toyota Siena mini bus and one Toyota Rav4 by one Mr. Samson Adewoye, which he sold and converted the proceeds to personal use.

The defendant pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.

Following his plea, counsel to the EFCC, Rashidat Alao, urged the court to fix a date for trial to enable the Commission prove its case. He also prayed the court to remand the defendant in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Centre pending trial.

But, the defence counsel, Rasaq Ayodeji Saka, urged the court to admit the defendant to bail pending trial.

Justice Oyinloye granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N2million with two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties must have a landed property within the jurisdiction of the court and must submit two recent passports to the court.

The case has been adjourned to May 17, 2022 for commencement of trial.

In another development, The Commission also secured the conviction of three persons charged before the Federal High Court and Kwara State High Court in Ilorin for offences bordering on cybercrime.

The convicts: Abdulrahman Abdulmateen, a barber from Omun-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State and Oyeniyi Bukola Peter from Ila Local Government Area of Osun State and one Abdulazeez Mubarak from Mushin Area of Lagos State.

EFCC Docks Ex-Legislative Aide For N6.5m Fraud, 3 Others Convicted Of Cybercrime In Kwara

While Abdulrahman and Oyeniyi were prosecuted before Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Abdulazeez was tried before Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the State High Court both in Ilorin.

The defendants, who were prosecuted on separate charges pleaded guilty to their respective charge.

Following their pleas, Innocent Mbachie and Sesan Ola who represented the Commission in the three cases urged the court to consider the plea of guilt, the extra-judicial statements of the defendants, and other exhibits tendered and hold that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. They prayed the court to convict them as charged.

Justice Sani sentenced Abdulrahman to six months imprisonment with option of fine N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira Only). The judge ordered that one apple iPhone x recovered from the convict at the point of arrest be forfeited to the Federal Government. The court also ordered the restitution of the sum of $50 (Fifty US Dollars) which is proceed of the unlawful activities by the convict.

In the same vein, Justice Sani sentenced Oyeniyi to six months imprisonment with option of fine N200, 000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira Only). The court ordered that one iPhone x plus, Dell laptop and Lexus 300 car procured with the proceeds of unlawful activities by the convict be forfeited to the Federal Government.

For Abdulazeez, Justice Akinpelu pronounced a prison term of six months with option of fine N150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira Only). The convict would also forfeit one iphone 12 promax, which he used to perpetrate the crime and one 2008 Toyota Corolla Car which he bought with the proceeds of crime to the Federal Government.

EFCC Tasks Women On Anti-Graft War

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called on Nigerian women to continue to lend their voices to the anti-graft campaign of the Commission, as part of efforts to check the menace of youth involvement in cybercrimes in the country.

The Zonal Commander of the EFCC in Lagos, Ahmed Ghali, gave the charge at the weekend while delivering a paper titled, “The Menace of Internet Fraud And Its Consequences On The Economy, Youths’ Development” at a seminar organized by the Catholic Women Organisation, CWO, Nigeria Lagos Archdiocese, Ikeja Deanery, in Lagos.

While urging women to pay more attention to the lifestyles of their children as well as the company they keep, Ghali berated those who aid and abet their children to commit internet fraud.

He said: “As mothers, you are expected to be role models and the moral compass of your children. It is sad to note that some mothers encourage acts of criminality.”

Ghali, who spoke through DCE Ayo Oyewole Head, Public Affairs Directorate, and CSE Paul Okoli, Head of Advance Fee Fraud Section of the EFCC in Lagos, urged mothers to be alive to their responsibilities and promote the old family values and ethos of honesty, good character and integrity.

“The family is the baseline for societal values. But the quest for instant wealth has eroded the old norms that make hard work and dignity of labour the guiding principle in life.

“We are inviting you to lend your voices to the efforts of the EFCC in helping us to build a society  driven by values and not infamous “Yahoo-Yahoo “, which has taken a dangerous dimension“, he added

He further tasked them to use their platform as a faith-based women organisation to reach out to other women across the country on the need to drum up support for the EFCC in the fight against computer-related fraud.

Highlighting some  of the consequences of internet frauds, Ghali added that ” it has negatively impacted the reputation of our country, as  every Nigerian is now seen as a potential fraudster.”

Ghali, who said both the economy and the education sector are not immune to the evil of internet fraud, further said: “ No doubts, the youth hold the key to the future of the country. So, we must ensure that our children avoid criminal tendencies and be the great persons God has destined them to be.

“We must also encourage them to pursue a decent lifestyle because “Yahoo-Yahoo” is not a sustainable way of life.”

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I’ve Donated N20m Used In Purchase Of APC Chairmanship Form To Party — Akume

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Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, George Akume, disclosed yesterday that he has donated the N20million he used to purchase the chairmanship nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the party.

Akume gave the hint while addressing journalists when he led stakeholders of the party from Benue State on a solidarity visit to the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

President Buharii was said to have ordered the party to refund to aspirants the money used in purchasing the forms for the chairmanship position after Adamu emerged consensus candidate for the position.

Asked if he had gotten a refund of the money for nomination forms, Akume said, “The issue of money does not arise. I had willingly donated my own to the party and I believe others would do the same thing.

“We have this basic understanding; we have to support the present leadership of the party to succeed. That is what is important so that we will continue with the good work that Mr president is doing.

“Let me say that those of us who indicated interest for leadership of the party did not have any ulterior motive. We have no sinister motive whatsoever. We thought we could also add value to the party, taking it to the next level as we move towards 2023. We are very patriotic citizens and we are members of this party. Those of us who tried to have a shot at the chairmanship slot are still members of this party and nothing has distracted us from joining others in finding solutions to the small problems that we have in the APC.

“The issue of directives did not occur whatsoever in our dinner with Mr president. We ate dinner with him and he appealed to us to build the consensus as much as we could and that was basically what we did. It was not a directive and you know who the president is – a Democrat to the core.”

On the purpose of the visit of the party stakeholders from Benue, the former governor said they were at the party’s national secretariat to show solidarity to the new national chairman.

He stated: “Basically we are here on a solidarity visit, we came to congratulate the chairman for being elevated to the exalted position of chairman of the greatest party in Africa. This is a party that has membership of over 42 million Nigerians. Clearly legitimises by the photograph that we have on each form, I can say at a point that our junior partners have tried to do what we did so successfully.

“The revalidation exercise, they tried twice and they failed twice. So we are very proud of this record that we are the biggest political party in West Africa.”

On the crisis rocking the party in Benue and other states, Akume said, “A very big political party like the APC, even at the state level, is expected to have little irritations here and there but these irritations are not sufficiently strong to break the organic unity of the party in Benue State. Even members of the same family occasionally have some issues.

“We want to assure Nigerians, particularly the APC and indeed the national chairman that the little irritation in Benue State is going to be squarely addressed for the benefit of our party and for the benefit of our teaming supporters who look up to the APC as the only hope of the common man in Benue State and even at the national level.

“So we are very confident that APC Benue will come on stronger than can never be imagined. We are doing very well; we have registered so many members. We have registered those who are ready to vote and therefore, Benue is ready to go.”

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ASP Who Extorted NYSC Member N50,000 In Lagos Arrested

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An Assistant Superintendent of Police, Eyitere Joseph, has been arrested for allegedly extorting a sum of N50,000 from a National Youth Service Corps member in Lagos.

A video of the officer holding a white envelope suspected to contain the alleged sum was posted on Twitter with the caption, “Police officer allegedly extorts NYSC corps member of N50,000 at Ile Iwe, Ejigbo, Lagos State.”

Reacting to the crime via his Twitter handle, @Princemoye1, on Wednesday evening, the acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the officer had been apprehended.

Adejobi, who condemned the act, however noted that Joseph was attached to the Meiran Police Station (also in Lagos), not Ejigbo division, adding that Meiran Divisional Police Officer was also given a warning.

The acting FPRO also attached Joseph’s picture to the post.

He wrote, “ASP Eyitere Joseph, in connection with this case, has been arrested in Lagos. He is being investigated and queried for further disciplinary actions.

“He is attached to Meiran Division, and the DPO Meiran Division has been warned for the first time, if such happens again, she will be dealt with according to the provisions of the law.

“We will always act and deliver as expected. We have promised to name and shame. https://t.co/E5OmaJnUYV

“How would a father extort a corps member? Too bad, and we condemned that in totality. Thanks.”

Some tweeps, who reacted to the post, lamented that policemen at Meiran division was notorious for extortion.

“@Princemoye1 that Meiran police station is another thing. When Chioma Ajuwan was the DPO before she was transferred to Ogudu, it was a bit better. Any time it’s dark, you will find them exporting at the Meiran Junction or the Ile Iwe bus stop close to their station,” a commenter identified as The Voice, wrote.

One Arakunrin Abisoye also claimed to have witnessed an instance of extortion by policemen from the division.

He said, “They are still doing it. I still saw them on Saturday afternoon. I’m not sure they are going to stop the daily extortion by Meiran division anytime soon. Same with with Ile-Epo mounting roadblocks at Ekoro junction every night extorting Keke/Bike riders.”

Ex-Burkina Faso President Jailed For Life Over Thomas Sankara’s Murder

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Ex-Burkina Faso President Jailed For Life Over Thomas Sankara’s Murder

Ex-Burkina Faso President Jailed For Life Over Thomas Sankara’s Murder

A military court in Burkina Faso on Wednesday handed down a life term to former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.

Life terms were also handed to Hyacinthe Kafando, an officer suspected of having led the hit squad, and General Gilbert Diendere, an army commander at the time of the assassination, which coincided with a coup that brought Compaore to power.

Compaore, who lives in exile in Ivory Coast after being toppled by public protests in 2014, and Kafando, who has been on the run since 2016, were tried in absentia.

The six-month trial, which was punctuated by a coup d’etat in January, brings the curtain down on a 34-year saga.

The case has been avidly followed by many in the landlocked Sahel state, for whom Sankara’s assassination remains a dark blot on the country’s history.

A fiery Marxist-Leninist who blasted the West for neo-colonialism and hypocrisy, Sankara was gunned down on October 15 1987, little more than four years after coming to power as an army captain aged just 33.

He and 12 colleagues were shot dead by a hit squad at a meeting of the ruling National Revolutionary Council.

The death of the left-wing icon remained shrouded in mystery throughout the Compaore’s 27-year reign.

The court in the capital Ouagadougou found Compaore, Kafando and Diendere all guilty of harming state security.

Compaore and Diendere were also found guilty of complicity in murder, and Kafando of murder.

Their sentences exceeded the request of military prosecutors, who had sought a 30-year term against Compaore and Kafando and a 20-year term against Diendere.

Applause broke out in the courtroom when the verdict was pronounced, an AFP journalist reported.

Eight other accused were given jail terms ranging from three to 20 years, while three defendants were acquitted.

We Are Yet To Release 2023 Primaries Timetable – APC

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We Are Yet To Release 2023 Primaries Timetable - APC

We Are Yet To Release 2023 Primaries Timetable - APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC has called on the general public to disregard any timetable for its primaries as none has been released yet.

The party denied any involvement or knowledge of a proposed primary election timetable widely shared on social media and some conventional media platforms.

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, disclosed this to journalists at Buhari House, the party’s national secretariat, saying the National Working Committee had begun deliberating on the matter on Tuesday but had not reached a final decision yet.

Morka also noted the party would inform stakeholders and all Nigerians when the actual timetable is finalised.

Nnamdi Kanu’s American Lawyer Petitions ICC, Wants Malami, Justice Nyako Charged For Crimes Against Humanity, Others

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Nnamdi Kanu's American Lawyer Petitions ICC, Wants Malami, Justice Nyako Charged For Crimes Against Humanity, Others

Nnamdi Kanu's American Lawyer Petitions ICC, Wants Malami, Justice Nyako Charged For Crimes Against Humanity, Others

Bruce Fein, the American counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a petition against the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and Justice Binta Nyako to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Fein, an international lawyer and spokesperson for Kanu, addressed the petition to Karim Khan, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, asking the ICC to charge Malami and Nyako with “conspiracy and crimes against humanity against Biafrans and their leader Nnamdi Kanu by protracted and systematic resort to murder, extermination, imprisonment, torture, rape, persecution based on political, religious, and ethnic grounds, and industrial-scale theft of property including an ongoing attempted judicial murder of Nnamdi Kanu”.

In the document obtained by SaharaReporters on Wednesday, Fein said, “In October 2020, five human rights experts of the United Nations Human Rights Council asked President Buhari within 60 days to submit evidence of Mr. Kanu’s terrorism. Mr. Buhari sneered at the overture, probably reflecting, ‘Being a tyrant means you never need to obey the law.’”

It said “Kanu is seeking a Biafran sovereignty,” adding that a referendum is not special pleading.

“South Sudan voted independence from Sudan in a 2011 referendum. The United Kingdom recently afforded Scotland a secession vote and may do so again. Ditto for Canada and Quebec.

“The United States periodically permits Puerto Rico to vote between statehood, independence, or commonwealth status. The legal and moral case for Biafran independence is overwhelming,” he said in the 23-page document.

Stating Malami and Nyako’s “crimes against humanity”, Fein said they include “kidnapping, torture, extraordinary rendition and indefinite arbitrary detention of Nnamdi Kanu in the ongoing attempted judicial murder”

It reads in part, “As an integral part of the ongoing crimes against humanity described above, on or around June 2021, Attorney General Malami conspired with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian Federal High Court Justice Binta Nyako, and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, among others, to kidnap and torture Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu in Nairobi, Kenya, for several days, and then subject him to illegal extraordinary rendition to Abuja, Nigeria.

“There, for more than nine months, Nnamdi Kanu has been detained in solitary confinement in extremely confined quarters and denied necessary medical care and legal counsel without a trial with the illegal imprimatur of co-conspirator Justice Binta Nyako. The conditions under which Nnamdi Kanu is subsisting satisfies the definition of torture under the Convention Against Torture, Article 1 paragraph 1.

“Attorney General Malami has conceded that Nigeria’s security agencies were involved in Nnamdi Kanu’s abduction, torture, and extraordinary rendition but has attempted to whitewash the crimes with the falsehood that the International Police Organization (INTERPOL) was a collaborator. The extraordinary rendition in violation of Kenya’s extradition provisions, which was effectuated by the use of a private aircraft, could not have been accomplished without the knowledge and consent of co-conspirator President Kenyatta, who himself has been previously accused of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.

“Judges, like co-conspirator Justice Binta Nyako, are not shielded from criminal prosecution for crimes against humanity based on participation in patently illegal show trials. Neither are prosecutors like arch-conspirator Attorney General Malami. The precedent was set in the “Justice Case” of the post-World War II Nuremberg trials, United States v. Joseph Altstetter, et al.

Nnamdi Kanu Will Be Released Soon – Former Aviation Minister

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Nnamdi Kanu Will Be Released Soon - Former Aviation Minister
Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu Will Be Released Soon - Former Aviation Minister
Nnamdi Kanu

An elder statesman and First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has given assurance that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, would soon be released.

Amaechi spoke to journalists in Onitsha, on Wednesday, ahead of Kanu’s April 8 hearing date.

The elder statesman, who led a powerful delegation to meet President General Muhammad Buhari concerning the release of Kanu last year, regretted that Kanu was still being detained despite the assurances by the president that he would release the freedom fighter.

He, however, stated that although negotiations were ongoing, he does not know the exact date Kanu will be released but has the assurance that he would be released soon based on the ongoing negotiations between the Federal Government and prominent Igbo leaders.

He lamented that the continuous detention of Kanu has led to various agitations in the South-East, which have caused the destruction of lives and properties in the region.

According to him, we the Igbo elders met with President Buhari shortly after Kanu’s arraignment in court and told him to release him for us to go home and discuss with him the next Igbo agenda and Buhari gave us an audience and ever since then, negotiations between us and the Federal Government have been on to free Kanu.

“Although, I am disappointed that up until now, Buhari has not released him despite assurances he gave to us on the day we visited him in Aso Rock, all hope is not lost as we are sure that Kanu will soon be released based on the ongoing negotiations.

“I will call on those agitating for one thing or the other to remain calm and be hopeful. Although, these agitations have demonstrated that only the release of Kanu will stop the agitations and we are working towards his release.”

Also, the Vice President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, said the only thing that can guarantee peace in the South-East region is to release Kanu.

He said, “If anybody is looking for peace in Igbo land, Nnamdi Kanu should be first of all released unconditionally and soonest or else, we should not be expecting to have peace as long as he is still in detention.”

Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Accuses South-East Governors Of Not Presenting 8-Point Demands To FG

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Accuses South-East Governors Of Not Presenting 8-Point Demands To FG
Nnamdi Kanu

Demands by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from the Federal Government, when he met with South-East Governors and Ohanaeze Ndigbo Leaders in Enugu shortly before the September 2017 military raid of his Umuahia family house, have been revealed.

Kanu’s family which made the revelation yesterday in Umuahia also sought explanations from South-East Governors why they allegedly failed to convey to the Federal Government, the demands Kanu made during the critical meeting held in Enugu as expected.

Speaking with our Correspondent in Umuahia, the Spokesman of the family and Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, said that the family was not happy that their son was being portrayed as a secessionist in some quarters “whereas he means well for the entire Igbo race”.

He said that after his brother was released from prison in 2017, the South-East Governors plus Ohanaeze Leaders met with him in Enugu about the reasons for Biafra agitation which he championed.

According to him, the IPOB Leader made some demands at the meeting which the Federal Government was waiting to receive afterward.

He expressed shock that instead of conveying the outcome of the meeting to the Federal Government, the Governors for reasons best known to them, reneged, ”and the next thing that followed was python dance”.

His words: ”Let them explain why they did not convey to the Federal Government the demands made by my brother. Or are they saying that his demands are not genuine?”

Provided to reveal what demands  Kanu made at the crucial meeting with Igbo leaders, Prince Emmanuel said that he made genuine demands “as a patriot who seeks the good of the people.

“One; he asked the Federal Government to make Enugu International airport a grade one airport so that our people in different parts of the world can easily fly in without having to stop over first in Lagos or Abuja.

”Secondly, he demanded that River Niger be dredged to reduce the heavy cost of importation which our people who dominate the sector painfully bear.

”He also demanded that Owerri airport which our people contributed money to build in the days of Sam Mbakwe be upgraded to a functional cargo airport. The federal government is using revenues generated from our oil to build airports and other infrastructures in other zones but our fathers levied themselves to build Owerri airport, yet the federal government has failed to upgrade and maintain the sweat of our fathers.

“My brother also demanded that the Port Harcourt, and Calabar seaports be made to operate in full capacity so that big ships can be berthing in them.

“He equally demanded the revival of all moribund industries in the South East and South-South to provide job opportunities for thousands of our youths graduating from higher institutions.

“He demanded functional rail lines in South-East and South-South regions; good primary health care and steady electricity supply.

“Are such demands not genuine? Why then did they not convey them to the Federal Government? If they did, what answers did they receive?

“Why would somebody resort to criminalising my brother as a secessionist while he has made genuine demands which our leaders shied away from?

“Could it be that those blackmailing him are doing so out of envy, maybe feeling that he was taking the shine out of them. But I want them to understand that people are created for different roles in destiny”.

Prince Emmanuel who said his brother committed no crime to warrant his rendition and continued detention, renewed the call for his unconditional release.

He said that Kanu’s agitation for the freedom of the oppressed people of Biafra was his guaranteed  fundamental human rights “which are inalienable.”

Kanu’s brother further noted that “until there  is a meaningful and genuine roundtable discussion, I don’t see this agitation fading away.”

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