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Insecurity: Nigerian Govt can’t silence justice with bullets – Kanu’s lawyer
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has warned the Federal Government against using military force as a substitute for dialogue in tackling agitations across the country.
Ejiofor issued the warning in a statement titled, ‘Boko Haram: An invented name and the unlearned lessons of history’, shared via X on Saturday, cautioning that no nation ever silenced a cry for justice through the barrel of a gun.
He called on the government to return to the path of engagement, empathy, and reconciliation if it truly seeks lasting peace.
The lawyer’s intervention is coming in the wake of renewed debate over the roots of Boko Haram’s insurgency and the state’s response.
Recall that former President Jonathan stirred controversy on Friday when he claimed that during his tenure, Boko Haram insurgents once nominated then-General Muhammadu Buhari to represent them in peace talks, a claim swiftly dismissed as false by Buhari’s former spokesman, Garba Shehu.
Weighing in on the recent national conversations triggered by former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor’s new book, Scars, Ejiofor drew attention to remarks made at its public presentation in Abuja on Friday.
He took reference from the book review delivered by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rt. Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, who described Boko Haram as an invented name that grew into a psychological weapon of fear.
He said the bishop’s reflections highlighted how manipulation, desperation, and mismanagement of narratives often drive conflicts more than ideology itself.
According to him, Kukah’s message underscored the need for national introspection on how language and state response could deepen or defuse crises.
The lead lawyer for Nnamdi Kanu also cited interventions at the event by former President Goodluck Jonathan, who revisited his administration’s encounters with insurgency.
Ekwutosblog reports that Jonathan had revealed that intelligence reports once showed Boko Haram fighters possessing weapons more sophisticated than those of Nigerian troops.
The former Nigerian leader further contrasted the group’s violence with his personal engagement in resolving the Niger Delta crisis, noting that dialogue and rehabilitation, not force, secured peace in the region.
Drawing a parallel, Ejiofor lamented that the Federal Government failed to adopt a similar approach when peaceful agitation emerged from Nigeria’s South-East between 2015 and 2017.
“The proscription marked the beginning of an unending cycle of mistrust, violence, and alienation.
“Rather than address the underlying grievances, the government chose a blanket suppression that inadvertently legitimised the use of force where empathy was needed,” Ejiofor stated.
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Man in shock after lady he lodged with in a hotel in Abuja flees with his car and other valuables
A Nigerian man is currently in shock after a young lady identified as Precious Chinyere , whom he took to a hotel in the Asokoro area in the FCT for a romantic getaway allegedly fled with his car and other personal belongings on Thursday, February 5,
The distraught man and Precious had visited the hotel and opted for a short time stay. Things took a different in the evening when the man noticed Precious had left the hotel room without notifying him and took along with her some of his personal belongings including phones and laptop and also his car.
The victim immediately reported the incident to the police.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the FCT police command, SP Josephine Adeh, told LIB that the matter is currently being investigated and that efforts are being made to apprehend the suspect.
The United States Mission in Nigeria has condemned the k!lling of more than 200 civilians in recent attacks on communities in Kwara State.
Recall that terrorists launched de@dly attacks on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night, k!lling unsuspecting citizens.
It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the villages, opened fire on residents and burned homes.
According to reports, the de@th toll from the unfortunate incident hit 200 on Thursday night.
Reacting, the US Mission Nigeria condemned the k!lling via a post on its official X handle.
The post reads, “The United States condemns the horrific attack in Kwara state in Nigeria, which claimed the lives of more than 160 people, with the de@th toll still unconfirmed and many still unaccounted for.
“We express our deepest condolences to the families of those affected by this senseless violence.
“We welcome President Tinubu’s order to deploy security forces to protect villages in the area and his directive to federal and state officials to provide aid to the community and bring the perpetrators of this atrocity to justice.”
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“I’ll never settle for a barber, yahoo boy or a poor man” — nail tech’s list of men she says she can’t marry sparks reactions online
A Nigerian nail technician has set social media talking after openly listing the kind of men she says she can never settle for.
In a now-viral post, she stated clearly that she refuses to “settle for less” and went on to mention professions and traits she considers a no-go area.
According to her, she can never settle for a barber, an aza man, a yahoo boy, a mechanic, an actor, a laundry man, a hype man, or a plumber. She also added that she wouldn’t marry a man with a high body count or a poor man.
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