Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has in strong terms
condemned the detention of Senator Ali Ndume
A Federal High Court had on Monday ordered that Ndume be
remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre for failing to produce the former Chairman
of the defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina
Ndume, who represents Borno South at the National Assembly,
stood as surety for Maina who is standing trial on alleged money laundering
charges.
However, Maina has repeatedly failed to appear in court for
the continuation of his trial which led to the revocation of his bail by
Justice Okon Abang.
And in a statement signed by its National
President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, AYCF wondered why same court has not ordered
the detention of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who stood as suretie for Nnamdi
Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who is also on the run.
“We, as a youth group from the North, find the arrest and
remand in prison of Senator Ali Ndume because fugitive Abdurrashid Maina had
jumped bail, as unfair. Much as we are not denying whether,” the statement
said.
“Abdurrashid Maina committed offence or not, we believe it
amounts to setting bad example if Senator Abaribe – who stood surety for
terrorist Nnamdi Kanu is still walking the streets as a free man.
“We cannot fathom why Senator Abaribe, who secured bail for
IPOB’s Kanu whose action has since been declared treasonable and terror to the
country (and still on the run) has never ever been sanctioned for standing
surety.
“In the interest of equity, fairness and balance, Senator
Abaribe should be immediately arrested and remanded in prison too, until IPOB’s
Kanu is turned it or he turns himself in.
“Both Ndume and Abaribe are senators of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria and therefore Abaribe cannot be said to be higher in status than
Ndume. Both are lawmakers by the grace of our national constitution and the
votes of their constituents.
“Most importantly, we have a duty as a country to
demonstrate that in this country, no one citizen is above the other.
Significantly, Ndume’s case is such that Maina is still a “suspect” being tried
by the law and no sentence has yet been handed down by any court of competent
jurisdiction. Still, this cannot be said of Nnamdi Kanu and his treason case.
“We are therefore very disturbed that this is happening to
Ndume at a moment democratic power is mainly in the hands of people from
Ndume’s immediate constituency. It is this kind of development that gives room
for people to accuse the Federal Government of selective application of
justice.
“We, therefore, call on President Buhari to intervene and
put an end to this embarrassing selectivity against one the North’s
exceptionally-vocal, fearless and pro-masses member of the National Assembly.”
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