The Nigeria Consultative Front, NCFront, has condemned the midnight attack on the Ibadan residence of the Yoruba self-determination activist, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho) on Thursday by operatives of the Nigerian Army and Department of State Service, DSS.
In a statement signed by its chieftain, Wale Okunniyi, the group said the attack was “wrong headed, reckless and uncalled, as experiences around the world have shown that it’s capable of foisting unintended civilian guerilla actions against the Nigerian State given the unprovoked ruthless use of naked force and bestiality to drive unarmed agitation underground.”
The NCFront said it perceived the attack which led to the death of two people as reckless abuse of power and violation of Sunday Igboho’s privacy and fundamental human rights.
The group said it also wished to warn the government to immediately desist from running Nigeria as a police state having allowed the country to slip into “a criminal enterprise at the brink of total collapse and civil war.”
“Therefore, we demand the fair and careful handling of the matter and trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB Leader, especially the respect of his fundamental human rights while in the custody of the Nigerian government.
“Finally, we wish to task the Nigerian Federal Government to immediately put machinery in place to restore national understanding, cohesion, harmony, stability, peace and prosperity by urgently convening a national justice and reconciliation meeting of key stakeholders of the diverse strata and facets of the country.
“The Buhari government should however note that nothing could restore peace and stability to the country as much as the official embrace of a people’s constituents’ assembly and referendum to decide how Nigerians want to democratically coexist and run their political affairs constitutionally as the ongoing constitution amendments by the National Assembly can barely save the country from pervasive insecurity and anarchy rocking its foundation,” the group said.
