The Human Rights Writers
Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to order
the arrest and prosecution of Charles Enya, a member of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state, who has filed a suit seeking third term for
presidents and governors.
In a statement on Monday, the
National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs
Director Zainab Yusuf, said the suit was not only vexatious, provocative and
satanic but the suit capable of inflaming passions and bringing about cocktails
of civil unrests.
“What this political jobber
intends to achieve by filing this illegal application to introduce tenure
elongation is to inflict civil political unrest on a bloody scale on Nigeria
and this is treason”, it noted.
“It is notorious knowledge that
Treason has been defined by the Black’s law dictionary 9th editions as: The
offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which one
owes allegiance, either by making war against the state or by materially
supporting its enemies.
“According to the provisions of
the Criminal Code, anyone who levies war against the state in order to
intimidate or overawe the president or governor of a state is guilty of treason
and should be punished by death.
“In this case, the plaintiff
intended to inflict social unrests on a large scale which would automatically
intimidate and overawe the President and governors whose tenures by settled
laws can’t go beyond two terms of four years each.
“The Criminal Code also
categorizes as treason anyone who conspires with others, either within or
outside Nigeria, to levy war against Nigeria,” the group said.
HURIWA said it would be the
greatest act of disservice to Nigeria should Buhari administration fail to take
action on the matter.
The group also advised that “the
Federal High Court must never entertain such a treasonous litigation which in
itself is an illegality”.
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