Emeka Emekesiri, the founder of the Movement of Biafrans in Nigeria (MOBIN) has advised Peter Obi to go back to his village and not try to save Nigeria.
Emekesiri, who is the Chairman of the Governing Council of Customary Government of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), said that Peter Obi cannot rescue Nigeria because he believes the country is beyond recovery and reviving it would be extremely challenging.
He advised Peter Obi to focus on his private life as a trader, using his skills to create wealth and contribute to his people rather than trying to save Nigeria.
He said that the political system in Nigeria, along with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Judiciary, and World powers, had contributed to what he saw as the injustice of President Bola Tinubu’s rise to power, “despite all the evidence of criminality and the fact that Tinubu did not score 25 percent in the FCT as required by the Nigerian Constitution,” showed that nobody can save Nigeria from death.
As a practicing Barrister and Solicitor in both Nigeria and the UK, Emekesiri said that he knew that the “dubious and criminal” Nigerian politicians and leaders, at all levels and the countries in the international community, benefiting from the country’s corruption, would hinder any patriotic citizen’s efforts to rescue Nigeria from its corruption and decline.
Emekesiri also criticized the Supreme Court of Nigeria for not accepting evidence of wrongdoing against Bola Tinubu because it wasn’t presented at a lower court, considering it a dent on the part of the Supreme Court Justices.
He believed that the Supreme Court made a legal mistake by not accepting the evidence, and he argued that the rule of law should prioritize justice over legal technicalities. According to him, the essence of the law should focus on the real issues rather than getting caught up in procedural details.
“A thief is a thief no matter when the evidence is discovered and he should return what he has stolen. This is restorative justice. If the thief has already eaten what he has stolen, he will pay compensation.
This is reparative justice. In this case, Tinubu has not yet wasted the eight years of Nigerian life. What is required now is restorative justice so that the mandate shall be restored to the rightful owner.
“Nobody rejoiced when INEC declared Tinubu the winner. Nobody rejoiced when the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court confirmed Tinubu as the winner and President of Nigeria. This shows that the people did not vote for him. He bribed his way to be declared the President of Nigeria,” Emekesiri said.
He compared the technicalities used by the Supreme Court and a case where someone accused of murder was given a death sentence by hanging.
“The matter went from the High Court to the Court of Appeal and reached the Supreme Court. Fortunately, evidence from CCTV footage emerged showing that the accused person is innocent but the Supreme Court of Nigeria said the evidence was not produced at the lower Courts and therefore the innocently accused person should be hanged. This is the result of rejecting evidence by the current Supreme Court of Nigeria under the APC government.
“The Judiciary has lost its independence in Nigeria and this will make the people take the laws into their hands because the Judiciary has failed. History teaches us that the rule of impunity does not stand for a long time because the people shall take the laws into their hands and save themselves from slavery. Surely, the people shall save themselves from Nigeria” Emekesiri stated.
Kanyi Daily recalls that the Supreme Court had dismissed the appeal of Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, to nullify Bola Tinubu’s election, deeming it without merit.
