The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has kicked against the move by the
Commissioner of Police in Abia State to try the detained members of the
Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) for acts of terrorism.
In a statement issued on Monday in Yenagoa by the IYC spokesman, Mr.
Henry Iyala, said that it was unfortunate that peaceful agitations and
assembly by IPOB would be termed as a terrorist organisation without
following the laid down procedures as contained in the Terrorism
Prevention Act 2011 as amended and the extant laws.
“It must be stated that for a person or a group of persons to be
termed as a terrorist organization, certain elements of the said
offence must have been breached, however, in the instant case then
reverse is the obvious.
“We therefore call on the Attorney General of the Federation whose
duty it is to advice the President and Commander in Chief on weighty
legal issues to adequately clarify on the steps and elements of the
offence that must be proven before terming genuine agitations as a
Terrorist Group.
“Similarly, we call on the Nigerian Bar Association and the
International Community not to watch while innocent persons are been
killed.
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