I have for several years acted for free, representing indigent defendants in Nigerian courts, just so, the would not remain in prisons/detention centers awaiting trial endlessly.
The assertion above are verifiable.
Secondly, I have for several years, (including while President Obasanjo administered Nigeria) written published opinions regarding the unacceptable conditions in our prisons and what I thought any and every government ought to do about them.
Thirdly, the new attorney general and minister of justice complained that the EFCC detained some ex-governors over 48 hours. In my instant article, I have argued that.... that should be a universal concern for all detainees in Nigeria... and not just the exclusive preserves of ex-governors and high profile detainees in Nigeria. AND, your response is that the attorney general is not in-charge of Nigerian Prisons? Or the needs to consult staker holders first? So why did he speak before thinking and consulting or before consulting stakeholders/
Just do a search and you will discover that my concerns are not new.
http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/...prisoners.html http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search http://www.google.com/search?q=priso...G=Search&hl=en
Thank you Mr. Fred Igbeare
, for highlighting this …. All important issue, of Nigerian citizens who are in Nigerian prisons without trial… and endlessly so… thanks for bringing this all important subject matter to our attention.
WHAT A COINCIDENT OR CONVERGENCE OF EVENTS?
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This was posted yesterday as well:Written by Paul Adujie
Wednesday, 29 November 2006
http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/...w-due-pro.html
Is the NBA unaware of the putrid conditions in Nigerian Prisons? Is the NBA aware that our constitution imposes a limitation on how long a Nigerian could be held without trial? (A true violation of the rule of law and due process to be held without trial) Especially in detentions without electricity, water, air or food!
There seem to be some type of conspiracy against the poor in Nigeria OR why is it that the Nigeria Bar Association frequently embark on nationwide strike in the name of the rule of law and due process as it affect corrupt looting governors who get impeachment notices from the EFCC?
But the same NBA never embarks on ANY meaning action on behalf of our fellow citizens who are detained without trial in fetid and putrid conditions?
Why does The Guardian Editorial Board expend its time praising the Attorneys General of our thirty-six states for meeting in Benin City to talk about the rule of law and due process, ONLY in particular reference to “the gale of impeachment of governors”?
Curiously, these 36 Attorneys General of our states, just happens to be appointees of the 36 states governors… some of whom, just also happen to be the target of the EFCC, the EFCC that is being maligned for doing its constitutional duties
I wish that I am the Attorney General of the Federation of Nigeria I will not loose a night sleep over the deliberations and resolutions of 36 Attorneys General, who wasted valuable time, in their efforts to protect their employers, (the state governors) some of whom have pillaged and plundered Nigeria. Hence some of them are getting the consequences of their looting and thieving activities…. Visits from Mallam Ribadu and his EFCC staff!