In Imo State, #SupremeCourtGovernor, @Govhopeuzodinma, has turned so-called #Ebubeagu, into a private terror militia. This week, they Hope's Ebubeagu militia have killed at least 4 ppl in Ihitenansa, Orsu LGA.

#EbubeaguMilitia
In the early hours of today, Hope's #EbubeaguMilitia invaded Nnempi, in Oru East LGA. The shooting lasted over four hours from abt 5am. By the time they were gone, at least 3 were cofirmed killed. The number disappeared is unknown.
During their operation in Nnempi earlier today, Hope's #EbubeaguMilitia accosted a 10 y.o child, pointed a gun at him & asked him to lead them to his dad. The traumatised child informed them that his dad was already dead. They did not believe him until they had searched the house
Under Imo State's #SupremeCourtGovernor, the state has degenerated into the #Kandahar of the South East. Meanwhile, this week-end, @Govhopeuzodinma has flown in from Abuja a coterie of media to do PR for him. They are going around a state full of traumatised ppl & no roads.
I generally refrain from distributing images of dead bodies but I have images & clips. In the attack in Ihitenansa, for e.g., Hope's #EbubeaguMilitia burnt the home of the PA to a serving member of @HouseNGR. His name is Eugene. They injured lots at Orie Ozuru Market in Ihite....

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Chidi Odinkalu, CGoF

Chidi Odinkalu, CGoF Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @ChidiOdinkalu

Apr 17, 2021
OK, so, the latest #yarn from @DrIsaPantami boils down to this: In 2019, when he was glorifying the #Taliban & #AlQuaeda & wishing them victory & glorifying #Jihad he was young. Mind you, in 2019, Pantami was DG of @NITDANigeria

#PantamiIsATerrorist

dailytrust.com/breaking-panta… Image
It is impressive how we have travelled from the empty bluster of "I will rake you over the coals of crooked courts" to "I was a terrorist preacher before I was 13 yes old."

That is security under @MBuhari. What wld have happened if Pantami were to be #IPOB?

#PantamiIsATerrorist
#Watchout: In the next few days, @FMICNigeria, Lai Mohammed, will address a press conference in which he will tell us how glorifying Taliban & Al-Quaeda, calling for mass culling of "Infidels" & #WeepyPreachy #BokoHaram sermonising, is better than #IPOB.

#PantamiIsATerrorist Image
Read 9 tweets
Feb 4, 2021
On 1 Feb, Inspector General of @PoliceNG, Moh'd Adamu, attained 35 yrs in service & retired. By operation of law, he became ineligible to be a police officer in #Nigeria. Today, @MBuhari claims to have recalled & then extended his tenure by 3 months.

blueprint.ng/breaking-polic…
To be clear, the president, as appointing authority, has the power to appoint someone in acting capacity to fill a vacancy. But that power is not at large. You can't appoint in acting capacity, someone who is ineligible to hold the substantive position or exercise those powers.
Having retired from @PoliceNG by operation of law, IGP Adamu is now ineligible to be a police officer in #Nigeria. Being as such ineligible to do the job of a police officer, he cannot act or be extended as Inspector-General of Police. Whatever he does from here on is unlawful.
Read 5 tweets
Feb 4, 2021
A few ppl are asking for a steer on the news that @MBuhari has nominated #Nigeria's immediate past #ServiceChiefs to be non-career ambassadors. Some are worried that a diplomatic passport may grant them roving impunity. So, let me explain briefly [THREAD]

blueprint.ng/breaking-buhar…
Briefly, this isn't exactly good news for the former #ServiceChiefs. To begin with, to enjoy #SovereignImmunity (that's what it's called) in international law, they have to be accredited to another sovereign as Nigeria's ambassadors. Carrying a diplomatic passport isn't enough
Separately, that other country has to agree to accredit them. I suspect with the record of at least some of them, few credible countries will do so. They cld, of course, be accredited to Myanmar's Generals or to Putin's Russia or to Venezuela or Zimbabwe.
Read 8 tweets
Oct 31, 2020
Yesterday, Sierra Leone's Supreme Court summarily convicted lawyer & blogger, @Soe_Marrah, for criticising a decision of the court in a #socialmedia post. The circumstances of this case are so outrageous, it is necessary to tell the story

#StandWithAugustineMarrah
Following @Soe_Marrah's post, the Supreme Court extraordinarily issued a #benchwarrant suspending his rights of practice before courts in Sierra Leone & suspending the arrest of lawyers in court premises. They declared him #WantedDeadOrAlive
The irony is that this order was issued on the same day that Sierra Leone's @PresidentBio abolished the crime of criminal defamation in Sierra Leone.

The only people who failed to notice were the Justices of Sierra Leone's Supreme Court.
Read 19 tweets
Oct 13, 2020
Well, @inecnigeria just got more interesting. @YIAGA u see the problem?

Surely if "Independent" in @inecnigeria means anything, these guys will look to find a more suitable job for @Laurestar than REC. What is she going to do now, delete her tweets?!
Whoever nominated @Laurestar to become an @inecnigeria commissioner is a cynical #NeverDoWell & if @NGRSenate proceeds to even consider the nomination, we shd all kiss #goodbye to elections in #Nigeria

Mind u, there lots of vacancies to fill in @inecnigeria in the next 6 months
It seems clear that @NigeriaGov has no plans to see an end to these protests anytime soon or a return to a governable country. To #EndSARS & #SarsMustend, we probably have to add #CancelLaurestar & #RejectLauretta. This is wilful...!!
Read 4 tweets
Oct 9, 2020
I have worked & advocated against extra-judicial killings #EJKs by @policeNG for over 3 decades. In 2012, when I put out figures on #EJKs by @policeNG, the reaction of @NigeriaGov was to order my arrest. Today, we remain on #EndSARS.

premiumtimesng.com/news/4615-poli…
10 yrs ago, @OSFJustice released a rpt on @policeNG under the title #CriminalForce. I worked on that. It detailed a culture of wasting human life under a chapter titled "A Human Abbatoir". Despite our best efforts with @policereformNG, few ppl took notice. We're still in #EndSARS
In its 2008 rpt, the MD Yusuf Presidential Commission on Police Reform wrote that @PoliceNG was byword for “unlawful arrest & detention, extortion, torture, rape, #EJKs & other forms of brutality."

That report is still on the shelves of the SGF. We are still stuck on #EndSARS
Read 11 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(