Human rights advocate and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has
filed a suit at the Federal High Court to challenge the arrest and
detention of four naturalized citizens of Nigeria initially thought
to have been deported along with 47 Cameroonian separatists and
asylum seekers.
The lawyer has also filed a suit to challenge the deportation of
the Cameroonian self-determination activists. Hearing in both
cases, Our reporter gathered, has been fixed for March 2 2018.
Sources told our reporter on Tuesday night that the quartet of
Messrs. John Ojong Okongho, Nsoh Nabowah Bih, ThankGod Genesis and
Nasiru Bah were not deported to Cameroon with 47 agitators for
separation from the French-speaking part of Cameroon.
This website was told that they were transferred from military
custody to Police custody at a facility in Asokoro, Abuja.
In January, Mr. Falana, who has been the legal representative of
the deported separatists and the naturalized Nigerians wrote to
President Muhammadu Buhari demanding explanations for their
deportation. He also demanded that the Federal Government should
ensure the safety of the naturalized Nigerians.
The Federal Government had deported the Cameroonians after being
held for weeks at an undisclosed detention facility by security
operatives.
They were arrested at Nera Hotel in Abuja where they had
gathered for a meeting on 5 January. Other members of the group
picked up and detained by security operatives in Taraba State
before they were deported to Cameroon where they would be tried as
terrorists.
Mr. Falana had argued that the Federal Government was wrong to
have included the naturalized Nigerians among those handed to the
Cameroonian authorities.
Human rights advocate and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has
filed a suit at the Federal High Court to challenge the arrest and
detention of four naturalized citizens of Nigeria initially thought
to have been deported along with 47 Cameroonian separatists and
asylum seekers.
The lawyer has also filed a suit to challenge the deportation of
the Cameroonian self-determination activists. Hearing in both
cases, Our reporter gathered, has been fixed for March 2 2018.
Sources told our reporter on Tuesday night that the quartet of
Messrs. John Ojong Okongho, Nsoh Nabowah Bih, ThankGod Genesis and
Nasiru Bah were not deported to Cameroon with 47 agitators for
separation from the French-speaking part of Cameroon.
This website was told that they were transferred from military
custody to Police custody at a facility in Asokoro, Abuja.
In January, Mr. Falana, who has been the legal representative of
the deported separatists and the naturalized Nigerians wrote to
President Muhammadu Buhari demanding explanations for their
deportation. He also demanded that the Federal Government should
ensure the safety of the naturalized Nigerians.
The Federal Government had deported the Cameroonians after being
held for weeks at an undisclosed detention facility by security
operatives.
They were arrested at Nera Hotel in Abuja where they had
gathered for a meeting on 5 January. Other members of the group
picked up and detained by security operatives in Taraba State
before they were deported to Cameroon where they would be tried as
terrorists.
Mr. Falana had argued that the Federal Government was wrong to
have included the naturalized Nigerians among those handed to the
Cameroonian authorities.