The umbrella body for the people of Oke Ogun in Oyo State, in a statement jointly signed by its president, Dr. Olusegun Ajuwon, and Public Relations Officer, Comrade Jare Ajayi, said his mission was meant to put a stop to the iniquities being meted out to Yoruba people – of which he is a proud son.

The embattled activist is from Igboho in Oorelope local government area of Oke-Ogun.

“We are proud of his desire to see that farmers are no longer prevented from cultivating their farms and our women are no longer raped in the course of pursuing their businesses”, it stated.

It would be recalled that Adeyemo was the arrowhead of a movement tackling Fulani herders who were terrorizing farmers and rural dwellers particularly in Ibarapa area of Oyo State and his group later began to agitate for the creation of a Yoruba nation.

However in the wee hours of July 1, 2021, his house in Soka area of Ibadan was invaded by armed officials of the DSS resulting in the death of two people and arrest of 12 others who are now on trial in Abuja.

Adeyemo feeling that his life was unsafe, decided to sneak out of the country and was arrested in Cotonou while trying to board a flight to Germany.

He has been on trial since then with reports having it that Nigeria is making efforts to have him extradited so that he could be tried here.

The ODCF maintained that while it conceded that the government had a right, indeed the power, to try anybody thought to have contravened the law, “but in doing so, government should factor in the relevant sections of the law that says that a suspect is innocent until proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction. Not only that, the governments of Nigeria and Benin should remember the relevant sections of the African Charter and other international conventions to which they are signatories.”

Some of the documents being referred to include Article 4 of the ECOWAS Convention on Extradition which prescribes that a suspect cannot be extradited if the offence for which he is wanted is ‘political or for the purpose of prosecuting him on account of his ethnic group or political opinion’.

Various provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Nigeria is also a party, have similar provisions.

According to the group, part of what Igboho advocated was echoed penultimate week by Emir of Muri in Taraba State when he gave Fulani herders a 30-day ultimatum to vacate his area because of the harm they were doing to farmers and women in his domain.

“There is no difference between what Sunday Igboho was advocating and what Emir of Muri has done. Therefore, we believe that what is good for the goose should be good for the gander,”  ODCF stated.

It stated further that the people of Oke Ogun were law abiding citizens with commitment to the laws of the land, saying “it is within these laws that we seek protection for ourselves and our people including Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho)”.

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Malami made this known in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, on Thursday in Abuja.

The move, Malami said, was geared towards the federal government’s commitment to end insecurity in the country.

He added that the courts were to bring to book all those found guilty in connection with terrorism so as to deter others.

“In addition to the prosecution of 400 suspected Boko Haram financiers, the measures taken by the government will counter the twin trouble of insurgency and insecurity in the country,” he said.

Malami also, while felicitating with Muslim faithful all over the world on the occasion of the year’s Eid Al-Fitr, noted that Ramadan fast came with numerous lessons.

“The lessons include sincerity, honesty, commitment, sacrifice, selflessness, introspection and empathy, among others.”

Source: NAN

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He is seeking the court to declare the action of the president illegal.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday suspended Onnoghen, following alleged non-declaration of assets.

According to the president, his action was based on an ex parte order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal trying Onnoghen.

But in the suit he filed, Onnoghen said his right to fair hearing was violated when, among other things, the order ex parte was made that he (Onnoghen) shall step aside as CJN and Chairman of the National Judicial Council over allegations of contravening provisions of the Code of Conduct and Tribunal Act Cap C15 Laws of the Federation 2004 pending the determination of the motion on notice dated January 10, 2019.

The suit was filed by his lawyers led by by Wole Olanipekun.

Onnoghen was suspended by Buhari on Friday and replaced with an Acting CJN, Tanko Mohammed.

The suspension has been the source of a major controversy.

On Tuesday, the National Judicial Council held an emergency meeting over the case and directed Onnoghen to respond to the petition against him within seven days.

NJC also directed the Acting CJN to also answer the query of accepting the new post without the approval of NJC.

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