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A former presidential candidate, Albert Ambrose Owuru, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before a Federal High Court in Abuja asking the court to declare his seat vacant. 

Owuru’s move is coming two years after he vied for the same position with Buhari during the 2019 presidential election.

Owuru, a British-trained constitutional lawyer, called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982 wants the court to declare Buhari an unlawful president illegally occupying the presidential seat at the Aso Rock Villa.

The plaintiff who contested on the platform of the Hope Democratic Party (HDD) is asking the court to declare him (Owuru) as the authentic winner of the poll.

He is seeking an order of the court directing his immediate inauguration to take over from Buhari.

In the suit, instituted on June 16, 2021, against President Buhari and two others, Owuru claimed that he won the February 16. 2019 Presidential debate and that his suit against Buhari at the Supreme Court was inconclusive due to some errors on the adjourned date.

He sought a declaration by the Federal High Court declaring that he is entitled to serve out a tenure of four years after his formal inauguration.

Among other reliefs, the HDP presidential candidate wants Buhari removed from office immediately and be compelled to refund all salaries, allowances and emoluments he collected while being in office as the President, unlawfully.

Owuru pleaded with the court to give an order that salaries, allowances and emoluments be paid to him from May 29, 2019, till date when he ought to have been sworn in.

The plaintiff further applied for an order of perpetual injunction restraining Buhari, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from further organising and conducting any Presidential election in 2023 to enable him complete his four-years term when inaugurated.

Meanwhile, no date has yet been fixed for the hearing of the suit.

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A former presidential candidate, Albert Ambrose Owuru, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before a Federal High Court in Abuja asking the court to declare his seat vacant. 

Owuru’s move is coming two years after he vied for the same position with Buhari during the 2019 presidential election.

Owuru, a British-trained constitutional lawyer, called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982 wants the court to declare Buhari an unlawful president illegally occupying the presidential seat at the Aso Rock Villa.

The plaintiff who contested on the platform of the Hope Democratic Party (HDD) is asking the court to declare him (Owuru) as the authentic winner of the poll.

He is seeking an order of the court directing his immediate inauguration to take over from Buhari.

In the suit, instituted on June 16, 2021, against President Buhari and two others, Owuru claimed that he won the February 16. 2019 Presidential debate and that his suit against Buhari at the Supreme Court was inconclusive due to some errors on the adjourned date.

He sought a declaration by the Federal High Court declaring that he is entitled to serve out a tenure of four years after his formal inauguration.

Among other reliefs, the HDP presidential candidate wants Buhari removed from office immediately and be compelled to refund all salaries, allowances and emoluments he collected while being in office as the President, unlawfully.

Owuru pleaded with the court to give an order that salaries, allowances and emoluments be paid to him from May 29, 2019, till date when he ought to have been sworn in.

The plaintiff further applied for an order of perpetual injunction restraining Buhari, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from further organising and conducting any Presidential election in 2023 to enable him complete his four-years term when inaugurated.

Meanwhile, no date has yet been fixed for the hearing of the suit.

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A former presidential candidate, Albert Ambrose Owuru, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before a Federal High Court in Abuja asking the court to declare his seat vacant. 

Owuru’s move is coming two years after he vied for the same position with Buhari during the 2019 presidential election.

Owuru, a British-trained constitutional lawyer, called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982 wants the court to declare Buhari an unlawful president illegally occupying the presidential seat at the Aso Rock Villa.

The plaintiff who contested on the platform of the Hope Democratic Party (HDD) is asking the court to declare him (Owuru) as the authentic winner of the poll.

He is seeking an order of the court directing his immediate inauguration to take over from Buhari.

In the suit, instituted on June 16, 2021, against President Buhari and two others, Owuru claimed that he won the February 16. 2019 Presidential debate and that his suit against Buhari at the Supreme Court was inconclusive due to some errors on the adjourned date.

He sought a declaration by the Federal High Court declaring that he is entitled to serve out a tenure of four years after his formal inauguration.

Among other reliefs, the HDP presidential candidate wants Buhari removed from office immediately and be compelled to refund all salaries, allowances and emoluments he collected while being in office as the President, unlawfully.

Owuru pleaded with the court to give an order that salaries, allowances and emoluments be paid to him from May 29, 2019, till date when he ought to have been sworn in.

The plaintiff further applied for an order of perpetual injunction restraining Buhari, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from further organising and conducting any Presidential election in 2023 to enable him complete his four-years term when inaugurated.

Meanwhile, no date has yet been fixed for the hearing of the suit.

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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have invaded the Federal Government Girls College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, abducting three teachers and 30 students.

SaharaReporters gathered that the bandits on motorcycles came from Rijau forest to storm the school on Thursday after overpowering the mobile police unit guarding the school, killing one officer.

“Heavily armed bandits on motorcycles from neighbouring Rijau forest to stormed the school after overpowering the mobile police unit guarding the school.

“One policeman was killed during gun battle with the terrorists. The situation at Birnin Yauri is tense and people are in a state of confusion,” a source said.

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The incident comes a few days after eight students and two lecturers were kidnapped after gunmen stormed Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in the Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna state.

On May 30, pupils were abducted from an Islamic School in Tegina, Niger State.

On March 12, bandits also abducted 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

In February 2021, gunmen struck the Government Secondary School in Kagara, Niger State, abducting school pupils, teachers and workers.

Also on December 11, 2020, 344 secondary schoolboys were also abducted from Kankara in Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, while he was there.

In February 2018, 110 schoolgirls were also abducted by Boko Haram from the Government Girls' Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State. Five died in the process while others were later released, except Leah Sharibu, a Christian girl who refused to renounce her faith.

Hundreds of schoolgirls were also kidnapped in Chibok in 2014 by Boko Haram, some of whom have not been released till date.

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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have invaded the Federal Government Girls College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, abducting three teachers and 30 students.

SaharaReporters gathered that the bandits on motorcycles came from Rijau forest to storm the school on Thursday after overpowering the mobile police unit guarding the school, killing one officer.

“Heavily armed bandits on motorcycles from neighbouring Rijau forest to stormed the school after overpowering the mobile police unit guarding the school.

“One policeman was killed during gun battle with the terrorists. The situation at Birnin Yauri is tense and people are in a state of confusion,” a source said.

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The incident comes a few days after eight students and two lecturers were kidnapped after gunmen stormed Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in the Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna state.

On May 30, pupils were abducted from an Islamic School in Tegina, Niger State.

On March 12, bandits also abducted 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

In February 2021, gunmen struck the Government Secondary School in Kagara, Niger State, abducting school pupils, teachers and workers.

Also on December 11, 2020, 344 secondary schoolboys were also abducted from Kankara in Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, while he was there.

In February 2018, 110 schoolgirls were also abducted by Boko Haram from the Government Girls' Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State. Five died in the process while others were later released, except Leah Sharibu, a Christian girl who refused to renounce her faith.

Hundreds of schoolgirls were also kidnapped in Chibok in 2014 by Boko Haram, some of whom have not been released till date.

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Comedienne Damilola Adekoya, aka Princess, has, in a twist of events, released more evidence against embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha in the case of sexual molestation levelled against him. 

Baba Ijesha had been accused of molesting a minor, who is Adekoya's foster child, seven years ago and recently. 

He was thereafter arrested by the Lagos state police as the investigation is ongoing.

On Wednesday, Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, was arraigned in a Magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos in the ongoing trial over alleged sexual assault.

The Magistrate, Peter Nwaka, however, denied him bail because the Lagos State Ministry of Justice had filed charges before a High Court.

But on Thursday, Princess took to her verified Instagram account to share a series of posts including videos and pictures with audio notes of victims alleging that Baba Ijesha is a flirt.

It was also alleged that while in police custody, he instructed some people to spread falsehood.

In the voice note shared, Baba Ijesha was heard saying, “When something happens to someone that has a name, one must tread carefully so that the matter will die down. If you keep answering her, the matter will not die down. After she said this, she cannot say another thing tomorrow. She cannot go to social media again because they have banned everything.

“You people should not fret; all of you should just keep doing publicity for me but act as if you do not know me. Share messages; I know you know how to write inspirational articles. Just say that we do not know the truth yet but Baba Ijesha will still come out by himself. That is all you need to say. Apply wisdom in all you do.”

The comedienne also shared some messages she got from a lady who identified herself as Makinwa Elizabeth. The young lady claimed she works as a secretary for Baba Ijesha’s and also the admin for Baba Ijesha WhatsApp group.

 

 

 

 

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In the voice note, she claimed she and her sister were almost victims of the embattled actor.

Makinwa stated, “My name is Makinwa Elizabeth. I am Baba Ijesha’s worker; his secretary and the group admin. Seriously, as I am chatting with you, I am in tears. To be honest, at first, I was against you. To be frank with you I was against you because I thought you were trying to form some things against him. But I am disappointed. I know you are not lying. When you levelled the allegation against him, I knew you were not lying because Baba Ijesha is a flirt. But I thought what you said seven years ago was not real. We are all disappointed in the group we belong to.

“I understand your pain and I feel your pain. I have been uncomfortable ever since I watched that video. We, members of the group, went to him and asked him for the truth, but this man lied. You will be surprised about the lie that he told us.
“Please, do not be angry at me. Seriously, I know what you are saying. He has done this thing to me before; apart from harassing me, he did it to my blood sister. It has not been up to six months ago. God saved her.

“Please don’t be angry; the whole group is sorry. The lie was just too much. He told us that both of you were once together. I went to meet him and asked that ‘Oga, is this thing real?’ I know he is a flirt because we work with him and we go around with him. When we go to a movie location, he can abandon us there. He did it to me as well but it is a long story. I did not know that he could do something like that. He lied to us.”

Makinwa said ever since the allegation of sexual assault was made public, members of the groups had reached out to her to share their experience.

She said, “Those people are not telling me but because of this incident, they are now telling me as the admin. They are now recounting a lot of things in the group. Different people have been calling me to tell me what he did to them. They did not tell me before now, although we talk to him, he hardly listens because he is our boss. Even his senior colleagues have been advising him but he did not listen.”

Princess released another voice note of an unnamed lady, who claimed she was almost raped by the actor.

 

 

 

 

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She said, “In this Baba Ijesha’s case, the man is the one who put himself into trouble. I remember a day we were at a movie location, and Baba Ijesha was there; I still have the picture we took together. The moment I got to the location, his eyes were fixated on me. He said he wanted to send me on an errand and I followed him to his room. If I was not a lady blessed with strong bones, I would have been telling another story. He almost raped me that day. I pushed him away as he tried to force himself on me.

“My elder siblings called me when the issue happened to ask if Baba Ijesha could do such a thing, I said, ‘yes, he can’. Please, do not support him at all. He has been doing this thing for a long time. If not that I do not want any problems for myself and I do not have the means to fight him, I would have done a video narrating my encounter. Please do not support him; he is the one that put himself in this predicament.”

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Comedienne Damilola Adekoya, aka Princess, has, in a twist of events, released more evidence against embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha in the case of sexual molestation levelled against him. 

Baba Ijesha had been accused of molesting a minor, who is Adekoya's foster child, seven years ago and recently. 

He was thereafter arrested by the Lagos state police as the investigation is ongoing.

On Wednesday, Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, was arraigned in a Magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos in the ongoing trial over alleged sexual assault.

The Magistrate, Peter Nwaka, however, denied him bail because the Lagos State Ministry of Justice had filed charges before a High Court.

But on Thursday, Princess took to her verified Instagram account to share a series of posts including videos and pictures with audio notes of victims alleging that Baba Ijesha is a flirt.

It was also alleged that while in police custody, he instructed some people to spread falsehood.

In the voice note shared, Baba Ijesha was heard saying, “When something happens to someone that has a name, one must tread carefully so that the matter will die down. If you keep answering her, the matter will not die down. After she said this, she cannot say another thing tomorrow. She cannot go to social media again because they have banned everything.

“You people should not fret; all of you should just keep doing publicity for me but act as if you do not know me. Share messages; I know you know how to write inspirational articles. Just say that we do not know the truth yet but Baba Ijesha will still come out by himself. That is all you need to say. Apply wisdom in all you do.”

The comedienne also shared some messages she got from a lady who identified herself as Makinwa Elizabeth. The young lady claimed she works as a secretary for Baba Ijesha’s and also the admin for Baba Ijesha WhatsApp group.

 

 

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A post shared by princessdamilola (@princesscomedian)

 

 

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A post shared by princessdamilola (@princesscomedian)

In the voice note, she claimed she and her sister were almost victims of the embattled actor.

Makinwa stated, “My name is Makinwa Elizabeth. I am Baba Ijesha’s worker; his secretary and the group admin. Seriously, as I am chatting with you, I am in tears. To be honest, at first, I was against you. To be frank with you I was against you because I thought you were trying to form some things against him. But I am disappointed. I know you are not lying. When you levelled the allegation against him, I knew you were not lying because Baba Ijesha is a flirt. But I thought what you said seven years ago was not real. We are all disappointed in the group we belong to.

“I understand your pain and I feel your pain. I have been uncomfortable ever since I watched that video. We, members of the group, went to him and asked him for the truth, but this man lied. You will be surprised about the lie that he told us.
“Please, do not be angry at me. Seriously, I know what you are saying. He has done this thing to me before; apart from harassing me, he did it to my blood sister. It has not been up to six months ago. God saved her.

“Please don’t be angry; the whole group is sorry. The lie was just too much. He told us that both of you were once together. I went to meet him and asked that ‘Oga, is this thing real?’ I know he is a flirt because we work with him and we go around with him. When we go to a movie location, he can abandon us there. He did it to me as well but it is a long story. I did not know that he could do something like that. He lied to us.”

Makinwa said ever since the allegation of sexual assault was made public, members of the groups had reached out to her to share their experience.

She said, “Those people are not telling me but because of this incident, they are now telling me as the admin. They are now recounting a lot of things in the group. Different people have been calling me to tell me what he did to them. They did not tell me before now, although we talk to him, he hardly listens because he is our boss. Even his senior colleagues have been advising him but he did not listen.”

Princess released another voice note of an unnamed lady, who claimed she was almost raped by the actor.

 

 

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A post shared by princessdamilola (@princesscomedian)

She said, “In this Baba Ijesha’s case, the man is the one who put himself into trouble. I remember a day we were at a movie location, and Baba Ijesha was there; I still have the picture we took together. The moment I got to the location, his eyes were fixated on me. He said he wanted to send me on an errand and I followed him to his room. If I was not a lady blessed with strong bones, I would have been telling another story. He almost raped me that day. I pushed him away as he tried to force himself on me.

“My elder siblings called me when the issue happened to ask if Baba Ijesha could do such a thing, I said, ‘yes, he can’. Please, do not support him at all. He has been doing this thing for a long time. If not that I do not want any problems for myself and I do not have the means to fight him, I would have done a video narrating my encounter. Please do not support him; he is the one that put himself in this predicament.”

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Two suspected bandits, Mumini Saliu and Ibrahim Suleiman, have been arrested by operatives from the Ibarapa East Local Government Command of the Amotekun Security Outfit in Oyo State.

The two men were arrested at Alapa Village in Lanlate.

The security outfit announced this in a statement via its media unit on Thursday, saying the suspected bandits were caught with dangerous weapons.

An AK-47 rifle, pump-action, a Dane gun, and some other items were recovered from the suspects.

While further investigation is ongoing, the two suspects have been handed over to the relevant authorities. 

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Two suspected bandits, Mumini Saliu and Ibrahim Suleiman, have been arrested by operatives from the Ibarapa East Local Government Command of the Amotekun Security Outfit in Oyo State.

The two men were arrested at Alapa Village in Lanlate.

The security outfit announced this in a statement via its media unit on Thursday, saying the suspected bandits were caught with dangerous weapons.

An AK-47 rifle, pump-action, a Dane gun, and some other items were recovered from the suspects.

While further investigation is ongoing, the two suspects have been handed over to the relevant authorities. 

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Power-drunk Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Edward Onoja, who has been at the centre of the inhuman treatment meted out to President Muhammadu Buhari-must-go protesters, Larry Emmanuel and Victor Udoka, has again reached out to the magistrate to ensure that he denies the two of them bail.

SaharaReporters learnt that Onoja is working through the Acting Chief Judge of the state, Richard Olorunfemi, who is also desperate to be confirmed as the substantive CJ, and the Chairman of the Kogi State branch of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria, Dr Tanko Muhammed, to deny the two protesters bail.

Edward Onoja with Yahaya Bello

Emmanuel and Udoka have now spent over two months in illegal detention.

The case of the duo came up at the Magistrate on Wednesday and was adjourned till Friday, with the deputy governor already working behind the scene to make sure the two are denied bail or at worst, “given stringent bail conditions” which they would not be able to meet.

A source revealed, “He is pressurising Tanko to deny bail outright or give them bail under stringent conditions so they won’t be able to meet the bail conditions. The Magistrate is being put under pressure by Edward Onoja, using the acting Chief Judge, Olorunfemi who also badly desires to become the substantive CJ.

“The protesters have now spent 67 days in prison custody. The case is adjourned till Friday.”

A week ago, the two protesters began a hunger strike at the Kabba Prison as Nigerians knocked the state government for ignoring national and international voices calling for their release.

See Also Human Rights EXPOSED: How Kogi Chief Judge, Chairman Of Magistrates Association Arranged Kangaroo Trial For Buhari-Must-Go Protesters 0 Comments 2 Weeks Ago

SaharaReporters had on June 2 exposed how the Kogi State Acting Chief Judge and the Chairman of the state branch of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria arranged a kangaroo trial for the two protesters.

It had been learnt that Olorunfemi and Muhammed were the tools Deputy Governor Onoja used to keep the protesters in detention for about two months.

Despite the suspended strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, the Kogi State power-drunk officials had during the strike secretly arraigned Emmanuel and Udoka and sentenced them to jail.

SaharaReporters had also on May 5 reported that Nigerians held a protest march in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to demand the release of two Buhari-must-go protesters.

The protesters, while condemning the continued detention of the duo, had demanded that the Nigerian Government must wade in and get the innocent citizens released.

They had carried protest banners, with inscriptions such as, “Yahaya Bello, Where is Emmanuel Larry?.”

The two protesters, who were arrested, molested by thugs sponsored by the Kogi State Government, and detained by the police, had also fallen critically sick. 

SaharaReporters learnt that the two protesters had also been denied medical treatment.

“They are seriously ill and not getting treatment. The state government is hell-bent on keeping them, perhaps until they die in custody?” a source had stated.

A month ago, the global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, had demanded the unconditional release of the two Buhari-must-go protesters, adding that the protesters' only crime was that they were “peacefully protesting against corruption and distributing posters that were perceived to be critical of the President.”

Amnesty International had said that the activists “were physically assaulted and tortured by unidentified men while peacefully protesting against corruption, and the poor human rights situation in Nigeria, and distributing posters that were perceived to be critical of the President. 

“A few days later, they were turned over to the police and were subsequently transferred to the Nigeria Correctional Centre, located in Kogi State, in north-central Nigeria, where they are currently being held. 

“The two activists are being detained solely for peacefully exercising their right to protest and expressing their views. They must be immediately and unconditionally released,” AI statement partly read.

SaharaReporters had reported that an irate mob flogged the two youths, filmed them, and brutalised them before they were later handed over to the police.

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Power-drunk Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Edward Onoja, who has been at the centre of the inhuman treatment meted out to President Muhammadu Buhari-must-go protesters, Larry Emmanuel and Victor Udoka, has again reached out to the magistrate to ensure that he denies the two of them bail.

SaharaReporters learnt that Onoja is working through the Acting Chief Judge of the state, Richard Olorunfemi, who is also desperate to be confirmed as the substantive CJ, and the Chairman of the Kogi State branch of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria, Dr Tanko Muhammed, to deny the two protesters bail.

Edward Onoja with Yahaya Bello

Emmanuel and Udoka have now spent over two months in illegal detention.

The case of the duo came up at the Magistrate on Wednesday and was adjourned till Friday, with the deputy governor already working behind the scene to make sure the two are denied bail or at worst, “given stringent bail conditions” which they would not be able to meet.

A source revealed, “He is pressurising Tanko to deny bail outright or give them bail under stringent conditions so they won’t be able to meet the bail conditions. The Magistrate is being put under pressure by Edward Onoja, using the acting Chief Judge, Olorunfemi who also badly desires to become the substantive CJ.

“The protesters have now spent 67 days in prison custody. The case is adjourned till Friday.”

A week ago, the two protesters began a hunger strike at the Kabba Prison as Nigerians knocked the state government for ignoring national and international voices calling for their release.

See Also Human Rights EXPOSED: How Kogi Chief Judge, Chairman Of Magistrates Association Arranged Kangaroo Trial For Buhari-Must-Go Protesters 0 Comments 2 Weeks Ago

SaharaReporters had on June 2 exposed how the Kogi State Acting Chief Judge and the Chairman of the state branch of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria arranged a kangaroo trial for the two protesters.

It had been learnt that Olorunfemi and Muhammed were the tools Deputy Governor Onoja used to keep the protesters in detention for about two months.

Despite the suspended strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, the Kogi State power-drunk officials had during the strike secretly arraigned Emmanuel and Udoka and sentenced them to jail.

SaharaReporters had also on May 5 reported that Nigerians held a protest march in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to demand the release of two Buhari-must-go protesters.

The protesters, while condemning the continued detention of the duo, had demanded that the Nigerian Government must wade in and get the innocent citizens released.

They had carried protest banners, with inscriptions such as, “Yahaya Bello, Where is Emmanuel Larry?.”

The two protesters, who were arrested, molested by thugs sponsored by the Kogi State Government, and detained by the police, had also fallen critically sick. 

SaharaReporters learnt that the two protesters had also been denied medical treatment.

“They are seriously ill and not getting treatment. The state government is hell-bent on keeping them, perhaps until they die in custody?” a source had stated.

A month ago, the global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, had demanded the unconditional release of the two Buhari-must-go protesters, adding that the protesters' only crime was that they were “peacefully protesting against corruption and distributing posters that were perceived to be critical of the President.”

Amnesty International had said that the activists “were physically assaulted and tortured by unidentified men while peacefully protesting against corruption, and the poor human rights situation in Nigeria, and distributing posters that were perceived to be critical of the President. 

“A few days later, they were turned over to the police and were subsequently transferred to the Nigeria Correctional Centre, located in Kogi State, in north-central Nigeria, where they are currently being held. 

“The two activists are being detained solely for peacefully exercising their right to protest and expressing their views. They must be immediately and unconditionally released,” AI statement partly read.

SaharaReporters had reported that an irate mob flogged the two youths, filmed them, and brutalised them before they were later handed over to the police.

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Power-drunk Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Edward Onoja, who has been at the centre of the inhuman treatment meted out to President Muhammadu Buhari-must-go protesters, Larry Emmanuel and Victor Udoka, has again reached out to the magistrate to ensure that he denies the two of them bail.

SaharaReporters learnt that Onoja is working through the Acting Chief Judge of the state, Richard Olorunfemi, who is also desperate to be confirmed as the substantive CJ, and the Chairman of the Kogi State branch of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria, Dr Tanko Muhammed, to deny the two protesters bail.

Edward Onoja with Yahaya Bello

Emmanuel and Udoka have now spent over two months in illegal detention.

The case of the duo came up at the Magistrate on Wednesday and was adjourned till Friday, with the deputy governor already working behind the scene to make sure the two are denied bail or at worst, “given stringent bail conditions” which they would not be able to meet.

A source revealed, “He is pressurising Tanko to deny bail outright or give them bail under stringent conditions so they won’t be able to meet the bail conditions. The Magistrate is being put under pressure by Edward Onoja, using the acting Chief Judge, Olorunfemi who also badly desires to become the substantive CJ.

“The protesters have now spent 67 days in prison custody. The case is adjourned till Friday.”

A week ago, the two protesters began a hunger strike at the Kabba Prison as Nigerians knocked the state government for ignoring national and international voices calling for their release.

See Also Human Rights EXPOSED: How Kogi Chief Judge, Chairman Of Magistrates Association Arranged Kangaroo Trial For Buhari-Must-Go Protesters 0 Comments 2 Weeks Ago

SaharaReporters had on June 2 exposed how the Kogi State Acting Chief Judge and the Chairman of the state branch of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria arranged a kangaroo trial for the two protesters.

It had been learnt that Olorunfemi and Muhammed were the tools Deputy Governor Onoja used to keep the protesters in detention for about two months.

Despite the suspended strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, the Kogi State power-drunk officials had during the strike secretly arraigned Emmanuel and Udoka and sentenced them to jail.

SaharaReporters had also on May 5 reported that Nigerians held a protest march in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to demand the release of two Buhari-must-go protesters.

The protesters, while condemning the continued detention of the duo, had demanded that the Nigerian Government must wade in and get the innocent citizens released.

They had carried protest banners, with inscriptions such as, “Yahaya Bello, Where is Emmanuel Larry?.”

The two protesters, who were arrested, molested by thugs sponsored by the Kogi State Government, and detained by the police, had also fallen critically sick. 

SaharaReporters learnt that the two protesters had also been denied medical treatment.

“They are seriously ill and not getting treatment. The state government is hell-bent on keeping them, perhaps until they die in custody?” a source had stated.

A month ago, the global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, had demanded the unconditional release of the two Buhari-must-go protesters, adding that the protesters' only crime was that they were “peacefully protesting against corruption and distributing posters that were perceived to be critical of the President.”

Amnesty International had said that the activists “were physically assaulted and tortured by unidentified men while peacefully protesting against corruption, and the poor human rights situation in Nigeria, and distributing posters that were perceived to be critical of the President. 

“A few days later, they were turned over to the police and were subsequently transferred to the Nigeria Correctional Centre, located in Kogi State, in north-central Nigeria, where they are currently being held. 

“The two activists are being detained solely for peacefully exercising their right to protest and expressing their views. They must be immediately and unconditionally released,” AI statement partly read.

SaharaReporters had reported that an irate mob flogged the two youths, filmed them, and brutalised them before they were later handed over to the police.

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