A lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has sued the Federal
Government, urging the court to hold that there is no law stopping
citizens from any part of the country from seeking
self-determination, if they so want.
The lawyer, in his suit, particularly challenged the
proscription and declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra as
a terrorist group.
He contended that IPOB’s proscription was “exploitative,
oppressive, discriminatory and a violation of the fundamental human
rights of the indigenous people of the South-East zone or
Nigeria.”
Omirhobo argued that the proscription of IPOB was illegal,
unlawful, undemocratic and unconstitutional” and amounted to the
violation of the fundamental rights of the people of South-East to
“life, dignity of human person, personal liberty, private and
family life, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and
association, movement and freedom from discrimination.”
He prayed the court to compel the Federal Government to reverse
its decision declaring IPOB as a terrorist group.
He also wants the court to hold that the 1999 Constitution is
not a people’s constitution and to declare that Nigeria is a failed
state.
Omirhobo prayed the court to hold that being a failed state,
“Nigeria requires the enactment of an ‘autochthonous constitution’
created by the indigenous people within Nigeria and approved via a
referendum to save Nigeria from disintegrating and becoming a
failed state.”
Omirhobo filed the lawsuit on behalf of himself, 373 ethnic
nationalities and 45 pressure groups, agitating for
self-determination in the country.
The pressure groups listed as plaintiffs in the suit include
IPOB, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People; the Niger
Delta Peoples’ Volunteer Force; Niger Delta Agitators; – Pan Niger
Delta Forum; Niger Delta Freedom Mandate; Niger Delta Development
Network; Niger Delta Freedom Redemption; Movement for the
Actualization of the Niger Delta Peoples’ Republic; Niger Delta
Movement for Justice; Niger Delta Patriotic Front; Niger Delta
Peoples’ Fighter; and the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators.
Also listed as plaintiffs are the Bakassi Freedom Fighters;
Niger Delta Watch Dog; Niger Delta; Urhobo Progressive Union;
Congress; Niger Delta Liberation Force; Niger Delta Red Squad;
Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta; Niger Delta Revolutionary
Crusaders; Red Igbesu Water Lion; Niger Delta Afra Descendant
Movement; Ijaw Youth Council; Urhobo Gbagbako;
Others are Afenifere; Oodua Peoples’ Congres; Oodua Nationalist
Coalition; Oodua Liberation Movement; Oodua Republic Coalition;
Yoruba Revolutionary Congress; Oodua Muslim-Christian Dialogue
Group; Yoruba Students’ Nationalist Front; Oodua Hunters Union;
Coalition of Oodua Self-Determination Group; the Middle Belt Forum;
the Middle Belt Youth Council; United Middle Belt Congress; and the
Northern Central Unity Bridge.
Omirhobo is urging the court to declare that the “unity and
harmony of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as one indivisible and
indissoluble sovereign Nation is not a do-or-die affair and that
the unity of Nigeria is negotiable between the indigenous peoples
within the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the 1st respondent.”
He wants the court to declare that “the proscription of IPOB as
a terrorist group by the 1st respondent is a gross distortion and
misrepresentation of IPOB agitation for the self-determination of
the indigenous peoples of South-East Nigeria.”
A lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has sued the Federal
Government, urging the court to hold that there is no law stopping
citizens from any part of the country from seeking
self-determination, if they so want.
The lawyer, in his suit, particularly challenged the
proscription and declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra as
a terrorist group.
He contended that IPOB’s proscription was “exploitative,
oppressive, discriminatory and a violation of the fundamental human
rights of the indigenous people of the South-East zone or
Nigeria.”
Omirhobo argued that the proscription of IPOB was illegal,
unlawful, undemocratic and unconstitutional” and amounted to the
violation of the fundamental rights of the people of South-East to
“life, dignity of human person, personal liberty, private and
family life, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and
association, movement and freedom from discrimination.”
He prayed the court to compel the Federal Government to reverse
its decision declaring IPOB as a terrorist group.
He also wants the court to hold that the 1999 Constitution is
not a people’s constitution and to declare that Nigeria is a failed
state.
Omirhobo prayed the court to hold that being a failed state,
“Nigeria requires the enactment of an ‘autochthonous constitution’
created by the indigenous people within Nigeria and approved via a
referendum to save Nigeria from disintegrating and becoming a
failed state.”
Omirhobo filed the lawsuit on behalf of himself, 373 ethnic
nationalities and 45 pressure groups, agitating for
self-determination in the country.
The pressure groups listed as plaintiffs in the suit include
IPOB, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People; the Niger
Delta Peoples’ Volunteer Force; Niger Delta Agitators; – Pan Niger
Delta Forum; Niger Delta Freedom Mandate; Niger Delta Development
Network; Niger Delta Freedom Redemption; Movement for the
Actualization of the Niger Delta Peoples’ Republic; Niger Delta
Movement for Justice; Niger Delta Patriotic Front; Niger Delta
Peoples’ Fighter; and the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators.
Also listed as plaintiffs are the Bakassi Freedom Fighters;
Niger Delta Watch Dog; Niger Delta; Urhobo Progressive Union;
Congress; Niger Delta Liberation Force; Niger Delta Red Squad;
Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta; Niger Delta Revolutionary
Crusaders; Red Igbesu Water Lion; Niger Delta Afra Descendant
Movement; Ijaw Youth Council; Urhobo Gbagbako;
Others are Afenifere; Oodua Peoples’ Congres; Oodua Nationalist
Coalition; Oodua Liberation Movement; Oodua Republic Coalition;
Yoruba Revolutionary Congress; Oodua Muslim-Christian Dialogue
Group; Yoruba Students’ Nationalist Front; Oodua Hunters Union;
Coalition of Oodua Self-Determination Group; the Middle Belt Forum;
the Middle Belt Youth Council; United Middle Belt Congress; and the
Northern Central Unity Bridge.
Omirhobo is urging the court to declare that the “unity and
harmony of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as one indivisible and
indissoluble sovereign Nation is not a do-or-die affair and that
the unity of Nigeria is negotiable between the indigenous peoples
within the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the 1st respondent.”
He wants the court to declare that “the proscription of IPOB as
a terrorist group by the 1st respondent is a gross distortion and
misrepresentation of IPOB agitation for the self-determination of
the indigenous peoples of South-East Nigeria.”
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