Families Lament Detention of Adara Leaders without Trial – TheNigerialawyer

Children of nine Adara leaders arrested in Kajuru Local
Government Area, Kaduna State, yesterday protested the detention of
their fathers without trial.

The children lamented that the detention of their breadwinners
without trial was a violation of their fundamental human rights as
enshrined in the Nigerian constitution.

They expressed their concern in a statement signed by Bege
Bawa-Magaji, Mercy Dio-Maisamari and Godiya Sani-Magaji, calling
for the release of their breadwinners.

The police had arrested the Adara leaders on February 16 for
allegedly conspiring with others at large to attack Fulani
inhabitants” February 14, 2019

The affected leaders include the acting traditional ruler of
Adara, Mr. Bawa Magaji; President of Adara Development Union, Mr.
Awemi Maisamari; former Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sani Magaji and
National Treasurer, Adara Development Association, Mr. Joseph
Abdallah.

Others are Village Head of Maro, Tanko Maisamari; Village Head
of Ungwan Gamo, Mr. Hosea Danladi; Village Head of Kutura, Mr.
Joseph Ayuba; Village Head of Aguba, Mr. Tanko Wada and Elder Ulu
Maitumbi.

In the statement they issued in Kaduna yesterday, the children
of the affected leaders accused the Kaduna State Government of
alleged bias against the Adara people by singling out their leaders
for arrest in the crisis in involving two groups.

The statement said about 200 people were killed while 12,480
others were rendered homeless in the series of attacks by suspected
herdsmen on Adara communities.

It noted that the state government “claimed that 66 Fulani
bodies were found. The state government eventually increased the
death figure of Fulani victims to 130…

”Incidentally, there have been series of attacks and killings,
even after the state government confined our elders and fathers in
prisons,” the statement

At the time of this statement, the statement said about 12,480
Adara people “have been displaced from their ancestral homes and
now live in IDP camps with the attendant hazards.

“We are alarmed at the increasing spate of mass slaughter
unleashed by terrorists on our innocent people living in Adara
communities.

“The attacks have so far claimed the lives of almost 200 Adara
natives, slaughtered in the cruelest manner and over 500 houses
were destroyed by invading armed herdsmen.

“The state government has not arrested a single Fulani for the
murder of our people and the destruction of our homes.

“It is even more shocking that in spite of the fact that these
murderers carried out the attacks in broad daylight and sometimes
exchange gunshots with security personnel, not a single individual
or their sponsors have been arrested.

”This clearly exposes the government’s bias against the Adara
Nation. Since February 16, our fathers have been in detention
having been denied bail.

“The continuous detention of our elders and fathers without bail
or trial is a violation of their fundamental human rights,” the
statement explained.

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