The trial of Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafran agitators just took a new turn. Last month, six of the inconsequential charges were dismissed by the court, setting the stage for the Binta Nyako headed trial to convict them on the rest of the charges for treasonable felony and hang them.
Yesterday, 25 April 2017, the Muslim Judge, who is no stranger for aiding government injustice, added another twist, to this mockery of due process by setting an impossible bail condition on the grounds of health, which includes that Nnamdi Kanu deposits his passports and produce one Jewish leader as surety. This is a person, whose father, by virtue of being a traditional ruler is sufficient to stand surety for him, if the motive of the trial is to ensure justice.
The question is, why a Jewish leader?
If Nnamdi Kanu’s religion was Hinduism, or Islam, would the judge have required him to produce an Indian or Islamic leader from Saudi Arabia as surety?
By including this condition, Justice Binta Nyako, a Sunni Muslim, has exposed, both her ignorance and prejudice against Judaism and contempt for the religion of the accused by exploiting it to make it more difficult for him to meet minimum bail condition.
If indeed, justice Binta Nyako, is motivated by her concern for Nnamdi Kanu’s health as she claims, why did she include that Nnamdi Kanu surrenders his passports to stop him traveling abroad,being aware of the condition of medical facilities in Nigeria. What should he do, if his illness, requires him to receive treatment abroad?
After yesterday, it is obvious that no one has yet found the courage to tell the emperor that he is naked. It seems that this trial will either destroy the foundation of objectivity and whatever remains of south east unity in Nigeria, or unite Nigerian as they rally, irrespective of ethnicity or religions affiliation to fight the injustices the Fulani hegemony are perpetrating all over Nigeria.
If Igbos make the wrong choice, it will set them back one hundred years as they retreat into primitive collectivism to deal with its aftermath.
It is also pertinent to recognise, that the Fulanis in Nigeria are emboldened because they now who now control the army, police, judiciary, etc., and have a significant number of militia scattered all over Nigeria with arms.
Yet, from the onset, it was self inflicted. A result of strategy informed more by emotion and bravado, rather than reason and knowledge.
A strategy that underestimated the savagery and crude brutality of the the north dominated and Islamic inspired Nigerian government, police and army. A strategy that has cost and continue to cost the lives of young men and women in ways that is very difficult to hold the perpetrators to account.
Today,Nnamdi Kanu and his group are undergoing a process, which is a trial only in name and which the government wishes to use to validate illegality and legitimise injustice.
If what is going on in Justice Binta Nyako court in Abuja is due process, then Saddam Hussein’s, trial of Bath party members was its finest hour.
It troubles my conscience that in a country, where there are well educated men and women, who understand the rule of law and justice as fairness that it has taken Professors Soludo and Utomi, to speak the inconvenient truth on the right stage and assert the values that make for a civilised society.
I am shocked, that so far, no Igbo politician like governor, Senator etc.,has had the courage to stand up for justice as fairness, against the violation of fundamental human rights and the charade that is unfolding in justice Binta Nyako’s court in the name of trial as governor Ayo Fayosoe of Ekiti state has done. One wonders who they really represent in Nigeria.
My questions are: where are the Igbo senators and legislators, who should be in the forefront of defending our democracy, fundamental human rights, Liberty and rule of law?
Where are the senators and legislators, who are representing Nnamdi Kanu and others senatorial and federal constituencies?
Are they not troubled that human rights of the citizens they represent are being violated?
Are they not concerned that a Judge is appealing to the provisions of the sharia in a trial in a secular democracy?
Does it not worry them that the judge included in her bail condition a surety who is a Jewish leader?
Are they satisfied that due process is being served in this trial?
This trial is destroying Nigeria and exposing the crude, autocratic and aggressive security system and a puppet judiciary that helps the the Fulani oligarchy maintain its hold on power. It is laying bare the prejudices and hate that inform the actions of many northerners in positions of responsibilities in Nigeria.
It is making caricature of the judiciary and fools of Nigerians.
It has already made martyrs of the victims and continuing it, will only mean their canonisation.
There is no gain saying that it is not in the best interest of Nigeria to continue with this ignominious trial. It is shredding every credibility Nigeria still retains as a democratic country. Watching it is like watching Nigeria being crashed in slow motion.
It is hypocritical to continue to pretend that Buhari and Justice Binta Nyako, are motivated by anything, but hate and prejudice in their attempt to frame Nnamdi and co for treason and hang them. It is the same way their kinsman, Sani Abacha hanged Ken Saro Wiwa, with the the help of a certain judge.
If there are people who have committed treasonable felony against Nigeria, they are those who overthrew elected governments, dragged Nigeria into OIC, declared sharia law in the north, set up Boko Haram, armed and protect Fulani herdsmen to commit pogroms all over Nigeria and looted Nigerian treasury.
Those who are committing treasonable felony are those who inflate census figures, refuse to capture ethnicity and religion in the data, seek to establish gracing grazing grounds all over Nigeria for an armed ethnic group, and use public positions to pursue the narrow and selfish sectarian interests.
It would seem that in Nigeria, the first law of government is that things that are bad will get worse no matter who is in power for the only reason that it is Nigeria.
It is obvious that Buhari is not in power to govern, but to ensure north domination, kill Biafra, secure the future of Fulanis and tighten their hold on power and, advance the cause of Sunni Islam in Nigeria as he declared some years ago.
This trial obscures the fact that Biafra became a franchise pioneered by the likes of Umezurike and there are people exploiting Biafra for livelihood.
It is giving relevance to the Biafran cause in a way that may guarantee the most disastrous outcome.
The actors will believe they have paid a price and will develop overvalued ideas about their role in the society and the stage will be set for possible South Sudan outcome, if Biafra achieves independence, under the circumstance.
A cult of personality will ensue as they mix mysticism, collectivism and self determination and, objectivity and individuality will die. A society where the individual is more important that what he says will emerged and demagogues will be created.
It is time to end this farcical trial and put Nigeria on the part of recovery and nation building. Who knows, Nigerians may just decide to stand up against injustice and this may yet turn out to be our finest hour.
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