The Igbo Lawyers Association (ILA) has slammed the Federal Government for claiming that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, committed treasonable acts.
According to a group of legal practitioners led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) identified as Chief Chuks Muoma, an urgent meeting will be held to discuss the problem.
According to The Sun, Muoma stated that the hypocrisy against the Igbo of the South-East in Nigeria is so obvious that the world can see it, while also stating that the country will not know peace until the Ndigbo, who led the independence struggles, are recognized and given their rightful positions in Nigeria.
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Earlier this week, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, accused Obi and his running partner, Datti Ahmed, of preparing a violent change of government in Nigeria by refusing to accept the results of the February 25 presidential election.
But, in response to the charge, the leader of the Igbo lawyers stated that the group was dissatisfied with the fact that Obi was being harassed and persecuted, and threatened to quit the cause he had espoused.
As a result, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate was advised not to drop his appeal at the elections tribunal or go into exile.
Muoma said “Why are they harassing him, because they cheated him out of his victory? Now, they are claiming he has committed treason offences. You cannot beat a child and deny him his tears, deny him crying.
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“Independence struggles for the country were spearheaded by the Igbo man; Nnamdi Azikiwe, Mbonu Ojike, Ozuomba Mbadiwe. Nigeria has to accept and give Igbo their rightful positions for it to move forward. As long as Nigeria hates Igbo, the country will remain as it is.”
While commenting on if Obi should go on self-exile as suggested by some quarters, he queried that “Why would Obi go on exile? For what? If they said he committed treason, let them go ahead but the fact remains that, they haven’t got any evidence against him. There is no evidence.
“The law is a matter of evidence and evidence is a matter of fact. All that they are doing is because Obi is an Igbo man. That’s exactly what the problem is.”
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