Herdsmen threaten Benue again - Ortom From TONY AILEMEN, Abuja
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OVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Tuesday told President Muhammadu Buhari that Miyetti Allah, the Fulani interest group has threatened to over run the State unless
•New fight over grazing the anti-open grazing bill was revoked. It is feared that the next round of attacks would be more vicious than the series that have
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devastated Benue villages and claimed hundreds of lives. Miyetti Allah is in court to the implementation of the law, which
“I came to brief and Mr. President about the security situation in my State, about the threat about Miyetti Allah that have even taken us to court. They have been threatening that they will
it says hurts the activities of its members and is discriminatory. Benue State made the law as a last option following the routine attacks on villages by herdsmen who destroy farms, kill, and burn whole villages.
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Where can Kanu be?
•Wife of Bright Chimezie protesting the continued detention of her husband at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Femi Fani-Kayode and Chief Osita Chidoka were also in court Photo: Tony Ailemen
From ANTHONY AILEMEN (Abuja), CHUKS EZE (Enugu) and CHRIS EZE (Yenagoa)
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or lawyers, the most important question facing the court now as Nnamdi Kanu’s trial for treason resumes is, where is the IPOB leader? To that effect, they have faulted Justice Binta Nyako of Federal High Court, Abuja’s order that those who stood as sureties for Kanu’s bail in in April this year must produce him in court at the next hearing of his case this November 20, describing it as erroneous. Lawyers who spoke with The Oracle Today averred that in view of “the recent unfortunate invasion of Nnamdi Kanu’s home by the federal government, which is the complainant, through its military troops, where several civilians were killed and others injured, Kanu’s sureties are not liable for the disappearance of the IPOB leader.”
•Court asks Abaribe to find him •Abaribe says, he needs time •Lawyers blame soldiers •Battle continues Nov 20 God anointed me Anambra Gov – NnoliPg 13
Said Barr Fabian C. Ugwuama, an Enugu-based lawyer: “That court decision, with all due respect, is contrary to the
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provisions of the law. The sureties are not liable to secure Kanu’s attendance in court because the federal government
that was persecuting him is still the one that invaded his house, without recourse to the law or international military rules
of engagement, to either kill him, chase him away or injure him, as the case may be, and his whereabouts has been in question since the attack took place.” Kanu, the Director of Biafra Radio, was arrested in October 2015 in Lagos and charged with treason, among others, along with three others. They were remanded in Kuje Prison on the outskirts of Abuja, the FCT. Their trial suffered several
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