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Nao the det leader of the indigenous people of be iob has partially accepted

the Judgment of Nigeria supreme court of justice with compelling questions over the Judgment that overruled the order of

the lower federal court of appeal that he should be released unconditionally as he has no case to answer inam County

reactions to the supreme court judgment delivered last Friday in Abuja was made known on by his lawyer barister Ean a

fall after the weekly routine visit to the detent Bea agitation leader at the Department of State Services DSS custody

barani AED for statement reads in quotes below us today our legal Team every led

by the idite professor of law Chief Michael Z Son visited

on at the SSS headquarters Abuja where he is being illegally held in solitary

confinement to formally brief him on the outcome of the Supreme supreme court judgment delivered in his matter on the

15th day of December 2023 P andu was fully briefed on the Salient findings of the epex Cod which

pronouncements one unequivocally condemned in strong terms the illegal invasion of

oni's ancestral home in afar IU omed by

the Nigerian security agencies on the 14th day of September 2017 when numerous

innocent civilians were murdered in Cold Blood to condemned and declared as unlawful the consequent revocation of

onu B by the trial court which order was granted on application filed by the same

federal government that had through its security agencies invaded onu mau's

house even when he was on court bail and awen to appear in court on a given death for trial to commence three condemn the

kidnap ofu from Kenya by the Nigerian security agent and his subsequent extraordinary r

rendition to Nigeria for brly Condemned the illegality of the actions of the

federal government in the use of Brute Force to kidnap a citizen from a foreign land without first subjecting the person

to extradition proceedings the eventual vit of the Supreme Court was conveyed to

onu Mau and he expressed reservations on the outcome however onu elected to

accept this outcome because of the finality of the Supreme Court decisions and not because they are infallible but

because they are infallible for the fact that the Supreme Court is the final court in the land nevertheless in

accepting this verdict onu specifically requested that the following compelling questions be put out publicly to the

Discerning members of the public who are Keely following the tragectory of this case to weeks did the decision of the

Supreme Court which substantially sanctioned the federal government's illegal act of only maii's adoption and

extraordinary rendition to Nigeria effectively repealed the following Nigerian laws which were all cited in

our breef before The Supreme Court one section 15 of the extradition act cap 25

laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 which provides as follows where in

accordance with the law of any country within the Commonwealth or in pursuance of an extradition agreement between

Nigeria and another country whether within the Commonwealth or not any person accused of or unlawfully at large

after conviction of an offense committed within the jewi jurisdiction of Nigeria is surrendered to Nigeria by the country

in question then so long as he has not had a reasonable opportunity to returning to that country that person

shall not be detained whether under this act or otherwise tried or otherwise dealt within Nigeria for all in respect

of an offense committed by him before he surrender to Nigeria other than the

offense for which he was surrendered or any lesser offense which may be proved by the facts on which it surrender was

granted or be any other offense being one corresponding to an offense

described in section 20 of this act of the same nature as the offense for which he was surrendered provided that a

person falling within this section shall not be detained or tried for an offense by virtue of paragraph B of this section

without the prior consent of the country surrendering him two article 124 of the

African chapter on human and people's rights ratification and Enforcement Act capy 9 laws of the Federation of Nigeria

20 four which provides as follows a non-national legally admitted in a

territory of a state parted to the present chter may only be expelled from it by virtue of a decision taken in

accordance with the law the above laws for the avoidance of any doubt are all Nigerian laws on extradition and

extraordinary rendition of citizens from foreign lands other International

instruments and conventions to which Nigeria is a state party and bound by which made similar Provisions include

the convention on the prevention and combating of terrorism principles and guidelines on human and people's rights

while countering terrorism in Africa and the international Covenant on civil and political rights public perspective

positions on the possible implication of the Supreme Court's judgments of the 15th of December 2023 on the above laws

will further demonstrate the grave Prejudice onu Mau has suffered in the hands of the federal government of

Nigeria onu is is the opportunity offered by the visit to remind EO umin

that he is not broken by whatever situation he is fessed with but there should be doubly assured that he shall

emerge victorious in the end H Andrew once again thank as for your prayers and

love even as he encourage all to remain focused and keep their eyes on the ball pandu enjoined his followers to continue

to conduct themselves in peaceful manner as they have always done it would be recalled that Nigeria aex Court Supreme

Court of Justice had ruled that the detained leader of the indigenous people of Bea maamu has C to answer adding

there is no existing law in Nigeria that stops a court of law from entertaining trial of a suspect simply because the

suspect rights were violated by the prosecutor the Supreme Court in its ruling last Friday set aside a judgment

by the lower court that dismissed the terrorism charges against the leader of the indigenous people of Bea in AMU in

October 2022 according to P's peer Cor respondent the Apex Court held that the

court of appeal was wrong and that the trial court couldn't try him because the prosecution violated his rights except

of the newspaper correspondent report reads thus Below in the Judgment prepared by Justice Gaba Muhammad the

court condemned the invasion of kanu's residents declaring it irresponsible the courts held that there

is no law in the country stopping a trial based on the violation of the rights of a suspect Mohammad said if the

police should destroy the house of a suspect to obtain exhibits should that diverse the court against entertaining

the offense his remedy should be the way of civil proceeding proceedings can't be

stopped on account of the violation of the rights of the suspect that is not our law for now we decided not to go

with the court of appeal though we condemn the violation of his rights Nigeria must redeem its image and AD her

to the rule of law if a person has been granted Bell why did you invade his

house that is irresponsible you shouldn't blame him for on no

legislation in the country streets the trial court of the jurisdiction to go ahead with canus despite the illegal

action of the FG the law must take its course the court of appeal was wrong

that the trial court couldn't try him the appeal is allowed and the cross appeal is dismissed hanu was first

arrested in 2015 under the administration of former Nigerian president muhammadu buhari he was

subsequently granted well in April 2017 and fled the country after an invasion of his home in afara U near um AB St by

the Nigerian military in September 2017 canu was re arrested in Kenya and

brought back to Nigeria in June 2021 he was ared before the federal high

court in Abuja on for charges of treasonable felony conspiracy to commit treasonable felony illegal importation

of radio equipment and defamation of former president muhammadu bhari the

charges were later withdrawn by the former Attorney General of the Federation abubakar malami son who

replaced them with a fresh 14 count CH bordering on terrorism and membership in a prescribed group among others the cult

however reduced the charges to S the court of appeal sitting in Abuja on October 13th 2022 held that hu was

renditioned to the country violated the country's extradition treaty and was also a breach of his fundamental human

rights the appet Court also struck out the terrorism charges filed against can

by the Nigerian government and ordered his release from the DSs facility the FG

through the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation appealed the cult ruling and subsequently obtained an

order staying the execution of the court judgment at the Supreme Court carel

through his lawyers filed an appeal against the St of execution order at the Apex court on November 3D

2022 displeased by the verit of the appet Court the FG filed an appeal at the Supreme

Court United Nations convention against corruption onak has recognized and

appreciated the rising profile of assets recovery in Nigeria onak according to

Reverend David ulo the world vice president of onak Coalition and the executive director of Africa Network for

environment and economic Justice an recognized Nigeria as the world leading asset recovery at its 2023 resolution

after a week- long meetings of conference of the states parties to the United Nations convention against

corruption cost 10 held in Atlanta United States between December 11th and

15 2023 with more than 300 Civil Society organizations and almost a thousand

human rights activists in attendance David Ugo who led other an team members to the meeting in Atlanta

USA in a message of commendation issued and made available on Monday said the onak res solution is a big victory for

everyone working for Nigeria assets to be recovered and given back to the country in quotes David ugol said I am

particularly elected about Nigeria's Rising profile as a leading country in asset recovery and beneficial ownership

transparency of legal persons and legal Arrangements in the UN this is coming

after intense and difficult rounds of negotiations which commen in Vienna in November and to the glory of God the

draft resolution on beneficial ownership transparency was agreed in the committee of whole now adopted as a resolution of

cops 10 this is big victory for those of us working in the sector the resolution

highlights a significant step forward in the global fight against corruption the commitment to enhancing beneficial

ownership transparency aligns with our mission to hold those engaging in corrupt acts accountable the conference

in its resolution on enhancing the use of beneficial ownership information to strength asset recovery underscores The

crucial role of beneficial ownership transparency in combating corruption and addressing the mises of legal entities

for concealing illicit proceeds we are encouraged that the conference recognizes that the loss of resources

caused by corruption including complex cases such as those involving multiple National jurisdictions and vast

quantities of assets which constitutes a substantial proportion of the resources of states and particularly has a

negative impact on developing countries like Nigeria we are particularly happy

legal persons and legal arrangements and as necessary consider maintaining historical records that is searchable by

domestic competent authorities including as appropriate Financial intelligence units and tax administrations in

accordance with domestic law civil society and the media should have access to updated information on the platform

to promote and combat the Scot called corruption we urge St parties to cooperate Clos with one another bearing

in mind the need to provide one another the widest measures of international cooperation in accordance with the

United Nations convention against corruption and domestic law to facilitate the efficient exchange of

adequate accurate and up to death beneficial ownership information in a timely manner and were appropriate and

feasible through the use of digital and Innovative Technologies including to facilitate the recovery and return of

assets goo noted he called on state parties to adopt a multi-purpose approach to beneficial ownership

transparency through appropriate mechanisms that provide access to adequate accurate and up to- death

beneficial ownership information on legal persons and legal Arrangements in order to facilitate the investigation

and prosecution of cases of corruption and the identification recovery and return of stolen assets in accordance

with the convention and the fundamental principles of their domestic law recall that section 119 of the company and

Allied matters at Kama 2020 in conjunction with the persons with significant control regulations PSC

regulations 2022 requires companies limited liability Partnerships llps and

by extension foreign Exempted companies under Section 80 of Kama 2020 and

government owned entities in Nigeria to disclose details of their beneficial owners and those with significant

control over the company this is in line with global eff FS to combat money laundering terrorist financing and other

illegal activities section 119 three mandate the

corporate Affairs commission the CAC to maintain a register of persons with

significant control also known as The Beneficial ownership register the register in the relevant entities

meanwhile during the week in Atlanta an each team led by the executive director

Reverend David Ugo participated in a breakfast meeting with the US government officials amongst other civil society

leaders from countries facing high risk of corruption on the margins of the cost to the onak the meeting was hosted by

the American Bar Association rule of law initiative abari as part of their Justice sector training research and

coordination just tra program in cooperation with the US Department of Narcotics and law enforcement Affairs

inl and Office of the coordinator on global anti-corruption earlier the vice president of onat

Coalition board and executive director an Reverend David ulo interviewed Matias

shter managing director onak Coalition and the managing director shared insights on the 10th session of the

conference of the state parties of the onak the conference of the states parties C is the main decisionmaking

body of the UN convention against corruption onak also at the meeting

Nigeria Justice Minister rests Nigeria's commitment to fight against corruption money laundering at the global rally the

leader of the delegation of Nigeria and attorney general and Minister of Justice honorable Latif fi expressed Nigeria's

commitment at the 10th Conference of States parties to the onak held at the jorgia World Congress Center in Atlanta

United States the Justice Minister assured the Civil societies of Nigeria on weing commitment to the fight against

corruption money laundering and illicit Financial Flows at the global rally of the United Nations convention against

corruption on cat so Matas how do you feel about the

cost 10 uh great um there are well great in terms of Civil Society participation we

have more than 330 organizations from Civil Society uh

are participating here we have more than 900 activists from all over the world

registered so in terms of Civil Society participation this cost is a big step in

the right direction and now Civil Society here is fighting for governments to commit to uh new stronger resolutions

that would really move the anti-corruption agenda forward uh for example on beneficial ownership

transparency where Nigeria is tling and leading a resolution to advance the

transparency of who ultimately owns and controls companies and legal entities

we're trying to advance uh the transparency of public Contracting uh the protection of whistleblower

uh the links between gender and Corruption between organized crime and Corruption um also we're trying to raise

awareness for victims of corruption and and get commitments on the redress uh to

victims of corruption so a lot of efforts from Civil Society to move the agenda forward uh too early to say how

successful we are but there's lots of energy and lots of great collaboration from activists all around what is your

expectation on the Atlanta declaration uh that is right now we're on the Tuesday so the Declaration is finalized

by the Friday um it's too early to tell it's um it's very politicized also we're

here in the United States and there are some countries that uh are undermining

uh negotiations because of political motivations and their relationship to the United States so it's too early to

to tell what we will get in terms of substance but the focus of the H country Atlanta declaration is on

accountability um so we are trying to uh get to emphasize also the role of

political uh financing transparency there and the accountability we're trying to focus on the role of Civil

Society so uh many important issues that we hope will be covered by that by press

unit Justice bio of the oo State High Court sitting in Ion on Thursday

December 14th 2023 convicted and sent s Alani on wer OS to 75 years imprisonment

for multiple investment fraud he was convicted alongside his firm DET

Heritage investment limited they were prosecuted on 35 count count charges by

the ion zal command of the economic and financial crimes commission efcc

bordering on obtaining by false pretenses contrary to section 1 1 a and

punishable under Section 1 three of the advanc fee fraud and other fraud related offenses Act

2006 count 35 of the charge reads that Yani B em and victoric Heritage

investment limited on or about the 20th of February 2020 at ion within the

jurisdiction of this honorable court with intent to Def frud obtained the sum of 1, 540,000 Nas 1, 540,000 only from

aabi kasim D when you falsely represented to him that the money was meant for registration and invest M with

Crime Alert security network with a promise of 30% return on investment in 6 weeks 30 working days which

representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offense of obtaining money under false pretense

contrary to section 1 1 a and punishable under Section 1 three of the advanced Fe

fraud and other fraud related offenses act 2006 another charge reads that Yani and

D ID Heritage investment limited on about 27th of August 2020 at ion within

the jurisdiction of this honorable court with intent to Def fraud obtained the sum of

170,000 Nas 170,000 naira only from alhaji Muka

aduna when you falsely represented to him that the money is meant for registration and investment with Crime

Alert security network with a promise of 30% return on investment in 6 weeks 30

working days which representations you knew to be false and thereby committed an offense of obtaining money under

false pretense contrary to section 1 1 a and punishable under Section 1 three of

the advanc F fraud and other fraud related offenses act 2006 the defendant pleaded not guilty to

the charges when they were read to him in view of his plea efcc council sanusi

gadan opened the case on February 17th 2022 and called six Witnesses tendered

at exhibits and closed the case on January 24th 2023 at the end of the prosecution's

case the defendant filed a no case submission which was overruled by the court consequently the defendant opened

and closed his case by calling three Witnesses thereafter Justice Ty will

Reserve judgment in the matter till December 14th 2023 at the resumption of the trial on

Thursday December 14th 2023 Justice tyo convicted and sentenced the defendant to

155 years imprisonment on each of counts 27 32 33 34 and 35 but discharged and

acquitted the defendant on counts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 and and

31 respectively furthermore the court ordered that the sentence should run concurrently and the defendant should

also restitute the victims Emos has three other ongoing trials before federal and state High courts in ibadan

or your state the convict Journey to the correctional center began when he was arrested and ared before Justice bot Tao

on December 14th 2021 by the efcc he swindled several individuals

through investment Ventures that led to the loss of money to the tune of over 1 billion naras by investors em must

deliberately Ren to meet up with the agreements he made with his investors by not paying the agreed return on

investment to those who invested in crime Aller security network a security investment program Under the Umbrella of

his firm View's exclusive rights press units economic and financial crimes

commission efcc December 19th

2023

Nigeria chief of Defense staff General Christopher Musa has said that the war against insecurity in the country is

going to be slow because a lot of people are benefiting immensely from the security challenges General Musa sted this during

Channel's television daily Live program on Tuesday Morning General Musa who

connected to the Live program via video link said that the Nigerian military has dealt decisively with the Boko Haram

terrorists but the insurgents have moved from their religion ideology to economic

Warfare a lot of people are eding them because they are benefiting immensely from what they are doing the chief of

Defense staff concluded that anyone adding any form of criminality will now be classified as one of them General m

canas for a good salary structure for Nigeria soldiers emphasizing that some Nigeria soldiers salaries in a month is

not up to 50,000 ners when asked if he's able to measure whether or not Nigeria

making progress on any of the war fronts the chief of Defense staff said it's going to be slow because we are dealing

with people that are benefiting immensely from what they are doing advocating for better accomodation

welfare for Nigeria soldiers General Musa said if to there all

oper are over and we have to go back to the barracks there won't be enough

Barracks for us to ensure that both within and outside Nigerians are

protected I dream an Soldier will have an accommodation and be able to say this is my own this is my Barracks meanwhile

the chief of Defense staff General Christopher Musa Ed Nigerians to be careful with their words and actions in

order not to demoralize the troops of the Nigerian Army the CDs iterated that

the recent bombing by the Nigerian Army in the tundun biriri community in kaduna state was accidental urging Nigerians to

understand that the incident was not deliberate we understand that generally everybody feels bad we actually feel bad

also anytime we have mistakes we take ownership and we feel extremely bad about it especially when we lose our own

troops in the war we just want Nigerians to understand that the incident was never deliberate we will never

deliberately our citizens our mandate is to protect innocent Nigerians and we

continue to do that it is unfortunate that out of the 99% successes that we've

had this one that we had has given us a lot of negative responses but we know Nigerians want

success we are succeeding the federal government has set up a committee that will look into it we know at the end of

it the truth will come out and everybody will really understand that it was definitely a mistake while stating that

that Justice will be served to anyone found culpable after the committee has made their findings General M stated

that Nigerians should not demoralize the truths by their words and actions he said we should not by our actions

inactions utterances demoralize our truths these guys STW so that we can

sleep I see a lot of people talking it is easier for you to say that the men a

mistake they are not doing well but what is the option if they pull out from these locations what happen

we will not even have a country so for them to have stad slept in the darkness

in the sun rainfall dust and everything just to ensure that me and you are able to sleep and do our normal routine I

think we should give them some acolet and some respect General Musa The Accidental bombing incident occurred

around 10 p.m. after Bandits killed some of the troops well we still have with us the

chief of Defense staff General Christopher M um General it's really good to see you with us this morning um

I know that you've had quite a number of engagements with the National Assembly uh you appeared before them on a number

of occasions one of them also has to do with uh budget and and asking for more

funds to support the work of the Nigerian military um I'm I'm looking at

all of the challenges that we're currently facing from the East to the west from north to south are you able to

measure in concrete terms you know whether or not we're making progress on any of the fronts of the wars that we're

currently fighting yeah uh thank you very much um uh we are actually making

progress um it's going to be slow it's going to be slow because we are dealing with people that are benefiting

immensely from what they are doing most of it is economic uh when the B Haram incident started it was ideological but

now that we've defeated them uh push them down so much it is economic and because we have a group of um Nigerians

that patronize this individuals because they make so much money and um you can see the process they make from um from

kidnappings from abductions and from the all this stuff so and I always said that Nigerians must

take ownership of our challenges it is only when we do that that win this battle let those trading with them

supporting them the logisticians as we call them let them stop we have a lot of um

individuals that F them that give them this those are aspects that we need to be able to checkm uh the um the kinetic

effort is ongoing we're doing so much and we achieving a lot of success just a few days ago we taken out a lot of them

these things don't actually come out and we we don't want to just run to the media as if we're making uhoh what

happened just trying to make um um we're not trying to push this efforts to make

it look as if we we are campaigning you know it's not a campaign this is a military campaign that we're doing and

it is important for Nigerians to take hon we succeeding and will continue to do better we're hopeful that the budget

when release when we get the funds we'll be able to get the much needed equipment that we need we're leveraging a lot on

Tech the moral aspect of it that will actually Ginger the troops who want to do more and especially on the issue of

Nigerians also encouraging the men I mean we have seen other countries when military men come into into uh airports

how they are been uploaded they get first class treatments wherever they go to when they go to buy things they get debate we don't get all those things in

Nigeria and yet we're doing such such uh S Services uh we're not saying that

everybody should give us everything that we need but I think we should be considered and the troops deserve Commendation I have told you as a

commander my greatest pain is when I have to face the family of my either officer or Soldier to tell them they

lost their bread winner it is painful you go back with night mes When You Close Your Eyes Nigerians should

understand that these people have their families all over just the way we're enjoying with our now it's holiday period a lot of people are on holidays

have travel abroad we don't have that luxury most times you don't get to see your family all over this period these

are sacrifices they make and I think we should look at aspect on trying to commend them in the communication what we are telling uh our Nationals I mean

for some people to be supporting sist Tendencies as you have said against the

unity of the country I think that's very conc concerning but I'd like you to speak if you want you may speak to that but I'm very concerned about the welfare

of your men spread all over the nation there are those who believe that the military has been spread so thin and

consequently unable to really do the some of the primary functions for which it is called according to the

Constitution uh what are what are the challenges that you are aware that your men are having in terms of their welfare

so that they can give their hearts and soul to the services that they have to to to offer to Nigeria

okay uh if you look at the Constitution our primary responsibility is the territorial Integrity but if you look at the territorial Integrity it is implied

that charity begins at home we cannot be Pro protecting the territory and the home front is on fire and then sit back

and watch and uh our training is such that we train even on police duties so

when people tell us it is not our responsibility yes it's not our primary responsibility but we have a

responsibility to ensure that both within and outside iians are protected and that's

exactly what we're doing now I mentioned the other time the issue of welfare over the past few we have on average we uh

the Armed Forces recruit over 15,000 Personnel both officers and soldiers into the system we are not building new

Barracks uh we know efforts we have the budget has captured some of it uh we need to do more uh we need to renovate

the old ones because they've been there for for ages so that we can fix them my dream is for every officer and Soldier

to have an accommodation that he can look up and say look this is my own this is my Barracks um we Fred a lot uh

because of the uh operations we conducting a lot of the officers and soldiers are out there in the field if

today all these operations are over and we have to go back to the barracks there won't be enough Barracks for us the issue of Russian cash allowance where we

feed like I informed you anytime we're on operations I as general I'm being fed

on 1,200 per day with my soldiers from the first general appreciate the fact

that they have not been forgotten and their efforts have been appreciated about the I know that um you

have spoken in some area some Forum where you spoke about how um the

commentary that came through from Nigerians about the tunb boming somewhat

affected the Army but several others thought they were pointing those things out to ensure that you know it doesn't

happen again and the right things are done so if you speak about that did they really affect the moral of the troops

and could you also tell us if there's an update on the investigation of the

matter uh thank you very much uh we understand um um generally everybody

feels bad we actually feel bad also um anytime we have um mistakes we take

ownership and uh we feel uh extremely very bad about it especially when even when we lose our own troops in War uh we

just want Nigerians to understand that the incident was never deliberate will never deliberately Target our citizens

our mandate is to protect Nigerians innocent Nigerians and we continue to do that and we have continued to do that uh

it's unfortunate that U out of the 99 successes we had this one that we had is

U has given us a lot of U uh uh negative uh responses but we know is uh Nigerians

are one success and we are succeeding um the federal government has set up a

committee that will look into it we don't want to make coms about what has happened but we know at the end of it the truth will come out and then

everybody will really understand that it was definite troops were killed and so we're actually monitoring the movement

around the area and unfortunately this other um activity happened 10 p.m. at

night which was very strange but like I said mistakes were made we make amends

uh just for Nigerians to understand the UN forces of Nigeria is solidly behind the federal government Solly behind

Nigeria our mandate is to defend democracy and we'll continue to do that so nobody should have any fear uh we

will take amends after the uh committee has come up we will take correction anybody that is found to be culpable

will face the the music uh but uh like I said we should not by our actions

inactions utterances demoralize our troops these guys stay awake so that we

can sleep uh I see a lot of people talking it is easier for you to sit back and say uh they made a mistake they're

not doing well and this what is the option if they pull out from these locations what happens will not be even

have a country so for them to have stayed slept in in the darkness and sun

and the rainfall and dust and everything just to ensure that me and you are able to sleep wake up go to our office