The Human Rights Writers
Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has lambasted the general overseer of the
Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams F. KUMUYI for advising Nigerians
against attacking President Muhammadu Buhari.
HURIWA further accused Kumuyi of
misleading the President to believe that he (Buhari) was infallible,
invincible, above the constitution and corrections.
The group said Pastor Kumuyi
should cover his face in shame for failing to call the President to order over
alleged incessant breaches of the federal character principles in appointments.
It said this in a statement on Monday signed by its national coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel
Onwubiko.
The statement added, “Kumuyi
should be ashamed of his friend for failing to obey competent court orders to
release on bail erstwhile national security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki and
the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria Sheikh Ibraheem Elzaczacky).
“He the religious cleric should
tell us why we should keep quiet when Mr President orchestrated a kangaroo
trial resulting in the removal of Justice Walter Onnoghen the only Christian to
have held the position of Chief justice of Nigeria over some phantom and
substantially fake charges including the secret injunction which was used to
force him out of office so a Moslem/Sharia Judge Tanko Muhammad can assume the
mantle of CJN.”
HURIWA said it was shocking that
Pastor Kumuyi Known to be a friend of President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to
ask his friend to deal decisively with armed Fulani herdsmen who have killed,
maimed and destroyed farming communities, churches and Economic means of
livelihood of citizens in Benue, Southern Kaduna, Plateau, Taraba and Enugu
states.
It added, “Kumuyi who is a
mathematician should tell the rest of us if it is rational and justifiable to
keep silent or clap for president Buhari whose inept administrative policies
and poor Economic measurements have foisted mass poverty to an extent that
Nigeria has become the new global capital of poverty with well over 90 million
absolutely impoverished Nigerians including worshippers in the Church headed by
Pastor Williams Kumuyi.
“Or is it because Kumuyi is cut
off from the harsh economic realities faced by the Tithes paying members of his
congregations?
“Kumuyi the mathematician should
tell us if it is right morally and otherwise to keep silent in the face of
wanton killings by hoodlums and armed bandits which are happening because the
president lacks political will to effectively tackle the unprecedented break
down of law and order.
“Is Kumuyi happy that over 6,000
Nigerians have been murdered by violent criminals who couldn’t be arrested ,
prosecuted and punished by the federal government? Or has he no conscience and
human feelings anymore?
“Our humble advice to Pastor
Kumuyi is that he needs to educate himself with the rudiments and basics
requirements of constitutional democracy which survives only when the
fundamental human rights of the citizenry are promoted, protected and nurtured.
“Kumuyi should read the following
from the Nigerian constitution: ’14. (1) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall
be a State based on the principles of democracy and social justice. (2) It is
hereby, accordingly, declared that: (a) sovereignty belongs to the people of
Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers
and authority; (b) the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary
purpose of government: and (c) the participation by the people in their
government shall be ensured in accordance with the provisions of this
Constitution.
“HURIWA wishes to remind Kumuyi
that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for 4 years violated section
14 subsection (3) which says: ‘The composition of the Government of the
Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be
carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and
the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty,
thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few
State or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that Government or in
any of its agencies.’
“May we ask Pastor Kumuyi to
read CHAPTER 4 SECTION 42 which affirmed that: ‘(1) A citizen of Nigeria of a
particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political
opinion shall not, by reason only that he is such a person:-
(a) be subjected either expressly
by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any
executive or administrative action of the government, to disabilities or
restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places
of origin, sex, religions or political opinions are not made subject; or
(b) be accorded either expressly
by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any such
executive or administrative action, any privilege or advantage that is not
accorded to citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of
origin, sex, religions or political opinions.
“‘(2) No citizen of Nigeria shall
be subjected to any disability or deprivation merely by reason of the
circumstances of his birth.
“‘(3) Nothing in subsection (1)
of this section shall invalidate any law by reason only that the law imposes
restrictions with respect to the appointment of any person to any office under
the State or as a member of the armed forces of the Federation or member of the
Nigeria Police Forces or to an office in the service of a body, corporate
established directly by any law in force in Nigeria.'”
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