The Imo State Attorney General Emeritus and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume SAN has described the prosecution & judgment of the Federal High Court that slammed a life imprisonment on Nnamdi Kanu on alleged acts of terrorism as a combination of disservice to the Nigerian state and it’s people.
Taking a deep look into the whole episode the senior lawyer noted as follows: Certainly the prosecution & the conviction is about terrorism otherwise how come that in January 2018, the former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom conducted a mass burial for 73 indigenes who were brutally killed by Fulani herdsmen, then in March of the same year, the governor subsequently brought out 100 coffins of same people brutally killed in another aggression by herdsmen and in June 2025, 200 people where brutally killed in Yelewata community in June State by same Fulani herdsmen, yet how many has been prosecuted & sentenced for those heinous crimes or charged of terrorism.
Ume further stated that for years the people of Plateau State are being brutally massacred by the Fulani herdsmen and no one is been charged, then charging and sentencing Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism is lip service. It’s very unfortunate that all that the State has done is deploy State organs to perpetuate discrimination & hegemony.
At the end of the day it’s not about Nnamdi Kanu but fate of our children.
The curious irony is that while the Federal High Court sentenced a Boko Haram leader to 20 years, Nnamdi Kanu is sentenced to life imprisonment. A good tale of hegemony.
In the words of Jimmy Cliff: TIME WILL TELL as the State engages on a voyage of deception. Already the principle of self defense is fast losing its force in our Courts so long as some sets of people are involved. Our Constitution forbids discrimination.
The State should obey the Constitution. Certainly the prosecution, conviction & sentencing are all the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended). It is a script for hegemony.
The Sun.