President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is sitting on a keg of gun powder which may explode anytime soon, Ganiat Ibukun, wife of Gani Fawehinmi, warned on Monday, saying that the acquittal of Hamza Al-Mustapha over the murder of Kudirat Abiola was political and has sent a terrible signal.
“Ebele Jonathan should realise that he is sitting on a keg of gunpowder which may explode anytime from now,” Ganiat Fawehinmi said during an interview in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
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| •Ganiat Fawehinmi |
She described the acquittal and release of Al-Mustapha as shocking and a rape of justice and likened the lack of uproar over the controversial judgement as the silence of the graveyard.
“It is shocking and a rape of justice. With this kind of judgement, I don’t see any law.
“The silence we are experiencing is like the silence of the graveyard which is very dangerous and Ebele Jonathan should realise that he is sitting on a keg of gunpowder which may explode anytime from now.
“You can see what happened in Port Harcourt when a fellow House Assembly member got beaten with a mace and the mace got broken into two.
“That’s a bad signal and Ebele Jonathan should have a rethink,” she said.
Mrs Fawehinmi said Nigeria is at a standstill and everything seems to be falling apart.
“Right now nothing seems to be working. Education is not working and the country is in total darkness. But he keeps on dishing out billions.
“Unemployment is at the highest level now. Graduates are out of school but they can’t find jobs not because they don’t want to work but because there are not jobs,” she said.
She said had her husband been alive today, the chaos being experienced in the country would have sent him to court more than two hundred times.
“If Chief (Gani) were to be alive now, he would have gone to court more than 200 times. Look at Ibori’s matter. He was discharged of all the charges in Nigeria and jailed in London. Look at how the judiciary has ridiculed Nigeria,” she said.
She said the book is a good reminder that her husband has left foot soldiers behind.
“It’s a beautiful book. And I wish my husband was alive. He would have launched a copy of this book with N50,000 to show appreciation and show that he now has disciples, people who think the way I think,” she said.
The author of ‘Travesty of Justice’, Mr. Richard Akinnola, a journalist, a columnist and social critic said he decided to write the book so that victims of dictatorship will not be forgotten.
“I believe that any injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. And I believe that Kudirat Abiola and other victims of military dictatorship should not be forgotten just like that. It could have been me. I was abducted and I could have been killed,” Akinnola said.
He added: “If we allow this kind of injustice to go because of some political permutations, in the next few years, the same thing will happen again and we will not have any moral right to cry.”
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| •Book on Al-Mustapha’s trial launched yesterday |
“Al-Mustapha has been on tour as if he was a rock star, as if he was the latest bride in town,” he said, adding that President Jonathan has remained silent on allegations that Al-Mustapha was released for the 2015 elections.
The book has 99 pages and contains mainly the excerpts of the verbatim interrogation of Al Mustapha, Mohammed Abacha and Lateef Sofolahan in 1999 on Kudirat’s murder and the attempted assassination of Alex Ibru and Abraham Adesanya.
It presents the history of the Kudirat case and why it took that long and reactions to the verdict.
Akinnola has written 15 books on Media, Human Rights and law. Two of his new books- Famous Murder Trials in Nigeria and Judicial Terrorism- the Trial of Major General Zamani Lekwot and Others on the Zango Kataf Crisis of 1992, would be out in October. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This is a fight between the yoruba's and elmustapha.tarvesty of justce is a book plenty nigerians will read and dump it.we all know that you can't fight forever! Justce or injustce people commits crime every hour some gets lucky and some get caught.this man was sentensed to dead by hanging after. Awaiting trials for 15 years,is there justice in this?God heals and God forgives its that his life is not going to end By hanging period....
ReplyDeleteI'd love to get answers to why pple like Ken Sarowiwa & others were quickly executed & this time around Al-Mustapha's execution delayed until final release. This is not a tribal issue,this this is judicial decadence & as far as I'm concerned issues pertaining JUSTICE can not be likened to tribalism. JUSTICE is a GLOBAL concept.I am IBO & I damn well know that this issue if not well attended to will take its impact on all Nigerians including those perpetrating it. If we no longer wish to see National issues as one entity,let's take d courage and SPLIT,and say to your tents O Is real!
DeleteThe same way Beko Kuti allowed Abacha's infamous coup was the same was Fredrick Fasheun welcomed Al-mustafa. Yoruba's can never face facts and blame themselves for their short falls and insincerity.
ReplyDeleteMr anonymous above, so i can kill you now, go to jail for 15yrs, get released, contest for governorship of my state and probably win, and your family should be happy?
ReplyDeleteWas this book written within this two weeks of his release? Yoruba people will always amaze one with their thoughts We cannot continue to portray injustice and get away with it
ReplyDeleteWho was the main person that gave Mustapha heroic escort from prison to Kano - Fasehun the OPC founder and who did Mustapha a Muslim run to on being released TB Joshua a Yoruba preacher
Wole Soyinka did not see all these ones but to lead so called civil society to protest on behalf of Amaechi
I think this generation of Yorubas have lost focus and relevance in Nigeria so let the country move on
Time they say heals wound so Abacha Abiola and their likes should be taken as past and history while we forge ahead Madam Gani take heart and you need to rest so that you don't develop high blod pressure The trouble is within your house hold
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Why did the former Athorney General of Lagos and Bola Ige visit Sgt Rogers in detention? Is this a mere allegation? If the current agitators against Al MUstapha's release believed Rogers who claimed to have fired the shots, why were there no protests against his release? Frederick Fasehun is a true Omoluabi, I think he understands the politics of Mustapha's detention better. Al Mustpha had the opportunity to serve this Country and that he did deligently. He has suffered a lot in the course of this service to his fatherland and should be allowed to have his peace.
ReplyDeleteWe can write or say whatsoever we wish on this matter but for sure is the fact that the destiny of everyman has been preordained by God so is the fate of Al-Mustapha. No man can undo what God has done AL-Mustapha is free becos it was Gods will.
ReplyDeleteShebi u pple said Omoshore killed Ige and frm prison he contested and won a senatorial seat in d so called civilized yoruba state. Why u no write a book on dat. Selfish pple, u only want 2 b heard.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha!! See yoruba people player haters!! Well everyone is entiltuled to his/her own opinnion also God knows best,nothing happens except the will of God.if I may ask/plead, let's go our seprate ways come 2015, this country is to large/big to be ruled by one person, judging with what's on ground presently! Its better we are like Togo or Benin Repulblic also mind u no tribe or region will suffer cz actually we are all hard working pple!! We just don't understand ourselves that's all.
ReplyDeleteSelfish ppl,you'll never be objective, who killed bola ige, where's he now why didn't you write a book on the matter . You better put your house in order and stop running around the bush making rubbish write up
ReplyDeleteFoolish man. This country is too big to be ruled by one man. Let me ask you what is the population of Nigeria compare to America, India, China ?....etc.
ReplyDeleteNa oshodi market/Stolen spare part be your problem. Nothing concerns you with education. Animals.
All of your people selling and causing hold up in Lagos roads will be the next to be evacuated and deported to Onitsha very soon. Dirty people.
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I'm so tired of unreasoinable comments as a result of sentiment,tribe n religion. I think educatn has xformed pple bt it rather added 2 d pple arrogance n sentiment. D fact remains dat if Mustafa is pardoned, he does worth person who supposes 2 b walking freely around. Perhap, Abatcha was his boss who comitted severe crime 2geda wt his subordinates. Kudos 2 d Author. LAW
ReplyDeleteI'm so tired of unreasoinable comments as a result of sentiment,tribe n religion. I think educatn has xformed pple bt it rather added 2 d pple arrogance n sentiment. D fact remains dat if Mustafa is pardoned, he does worth person who supposes 2 b walking freely around. Perhap, Abatcha was his boss who comitted severe crime 2geda wt his subordinates. Kudos 2 d Author. LAW
ReplyDeletethis woman allow ur husband to rest in peace dont allow this useless people deceive you....some of this people kill they are reaping the bad work of their hand....i heard that when abiola is still alive he use to sponsor coop then so what are we saying....if you do bad thing one day u will reap it
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