LastlyFREEDOM:
[s]A former Lawyer to the IPOB Leader [Nnamdi Kanu] and Anambra born constitutional Lawyer, Barrister Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi, has descended heavily on the proponents of "No referendum, no election" mantra. This is contained in an incisive article he titled "2017 ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION, ELECTION BOYCOTT AND SEPARATIST AGITATIONS: SEPARATING APPLES FROM ORANGES".Part of which reads: "I want to start my reflection by re-affirming that our country Nigeria is a nation whose democracy is founded on laws. Our nation is not on auto-pilot. Nigeria is neither a ghetto [where charlatans call the shots] nor a banana republic [where outlaws dictate the tone of public discourse]. Indeed, I can go on to state that Nigeria is not an asylum where lunatics and fringe elements preside. There is no argument that appointing a date for a referendum is just one step among many in the build up to the possible grant of independence to any people desirous of same. Dates for a referendum are not just given for the mere asking. They are not given on a platter of gold. They are not given as a routine. They are not given willy-nilly. It does not follow that when asked for, a date for referendum is given the same way morning must follow the night. Every procedure relating to referendum as a prelude to secession is tied to law. Such referendum processes are not at large. Indeed, under our present Constitutional arrangement, referendum can only [legally] be ordered where the agitators have taken their agitations to the Court room for the enforcement of their human and peoples’ right to self-determination. Such tough legal duel will most likely terminate at the Supreme Court. If and when the outcome does not favour the agitators, then they have a case which they can put before regional and global bodies having exhausted all available domestic remedies. This can only be so because Biafra as an entity will at best remain a failed project without recognition accorded to it by the United Nation [an august body that understands that the balkanization of a country is not a tea party.]."

The Lawyer scored the bull's eye when he very insightfully submitted thus: "It is therefore a most unfortunate irony and comical that individuals from states that are known to be afflicted with infrastructural bankruptcy and cursed with pronounced leadership convulsion would be seen advising Anambrarians to avoid the polls scheduled for 18th November, 2017. They should tell it to the marines. Such directives can only be found in books like Alice in Wonderland. It is akin to a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing [apologies to Williams Shakespeare]. In the light of the legal adumbrations hereinabove highlighted, anybody who chooses to deploy other means than those legally accepted means capable of advancing the Biafra agitation is nothing but an anarchist. Ndigbo have a saying that “ebe onye bi ka ona-awachi”. This literally translates that “Where a man lives, he protects”. Anambra is indeed “our own” and I must sound selfish here. Boycotting election [from clear legal perspective] will by no means advance the cause of Biafra. Election boycott and Biafra realization have no nexus. That is trying to confuse apples with oranges to only score a point in attention-seeking. It is at this juncture that I entirely endorse the conclusion of Anambra APGA that “Nnamdi Kanu’s call for a boycott of elections in the South-East, beginning with the governorship polls scheduled for November 18, 2017 in Anambra is irresponsible, irredentist and totally devoid of any focus”. I equally endorse the view of Ohanaeze Chairman [Chief Nnia Nwodo] that “We are happy with the peace that exists here. We are happy with the steady progress that Anambra has registered over the years. The next election can only improve not retard it”. Those who do not know the laid down procedures or are unwilling to follow the internationally recognised procedures for secession should leave the business of Biafra agitations alone. They should humble themselves and go into the lecture room of international law or seek for a crash programme on international law. "
The lawyer has some unkind words for Nnamdi Kanu. Hear him: "Anambra State has values that distinguish it from the lots. We cherish democracy and its pristine values one of which is freedom of thought and speech. We are republican. We abhor anarchy and view tyranny with disgust! People who wish to deal with us must respect our values. In every democracy, while the minority will always have their say, the majority will have their way. In every democracy, no one man has the monopoly of the knowledge of what is good for a people. A people have the right [in every democracy] to reject even what is good for them. Advocates of election boycott must begin to learn, accept and live with this democratic truth. May those who are actively seeking to return our dear Anambra state to the wasteful and inglorious days of Mbadinuju be dismayed and turned back. This is because, they are our enemies. For seeking to precipitate anarchy in the state of the iconic departed Supreme Leader of Biafra [His Excellency Dim Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu], they are enemies of Biafraland. They have no respect for the cherished memories of our departed Supreme Leader who [in his matchless wisdom] established APGA as a political party in the Nigerian Federation. A party which the current IPOB Leader [Nnamdi Kanu] once headed its UK Chapter. Nnamdi Kanu has not told us what has changed between then and now"
The full article is found on the lawyer's facebook page at: https://web.facebook.com/jideobi.johnmary1/posts/1533998306658554[/s]

LastlyFREEDOM:
A former Lawyer to the IPOB Leader [Nnamdi Kanu] and Anambra born constitutional Lawyer, Barrister Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi, has descended heavily on the proponents of "No referendum, no election" mantra. This is contained in an incisive article he titled "2017 ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION, ELECTION BOYCOTT AND SEPARATIST AGITATIONS: SEPARATING APPLES FROM ORANGES".Part of which reads: "I want to start my reflection by re-affirming that our country Nigeria is a nation whose democracy is founded on laws. Our nation is not on auto-pilot. Nigeria is neither a ghetto [where charlatans call the shots] nor a banana republic [where outlaws dictate the tone of public discourse]. Indeed, I can go on to state that Nigeria is not an asylum where lunatics and fringe elements preside. There is no argument that appointing a date for a referendum is just one step among many in the build up to the possible grant of independence to any people desirous of same. Dates for a referendum are not just given for the mere asking. They are not given on a platter of gold. They are not given as a routine. They are not given willy-nilly. It does not follow that when asked for, a date for referendum is given the same way morning must follow the night. Every procedure relating to referendum as a prelude to secession is tied to law. Such referendum processes are not at large. Indeed, under our present Constitutional arrangement, referendum can only [legally] be ordered where the agitators have taken their agitations to the Court room for the enforcement of their human and peoples’ right to self-determination. Such tough legal duel will most likely terminate at the Supreme Court. If and when the outcome does not favour the agitators, then they have a case which they can put before regional and global bodies having exhausted all available domestic remedies. This can only be so because Biafra as an entity will at best remain a failed project without recognition accorded to it by the United Nation [an august body that understands that the balkanization of a country is not a tea party.]."

The Lawyer scored the bull's eye when he very insightfully submitted thus: "It is therefore a most unfortunate irony and comical that individuals from states that are known to be afflicted with infrastructural bankruptcy and cursed with pronounced leadership convulsion would be seen advising Anambrarians to avoid the polls scheduled for 18th November, 2017. They should tell it to the marines. Such directives can only be found in books like Alice in Wonderland. It is akin to a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing [apologies to Williams Shakespeare]. In the light of the legal adumbrations hereinabove highlighted, anybody who chooses to deploy other means than those legally accepted means capable of advancing the Biafra agitation is nothing but an anarchist. Ndigbo have a saying that “ebe onye bi ka ona-awachi”. This literally translates that “Where a man lives, he protects”. Anambra is indeed “our own” and I must sound selfish here. Boycotting election [from clear legal perspective] will by no means advance the cause of Biafra. Election boycott and Biafra realization have no nexus. That is trying to confuse apples with oranges to only score a point in attention-seeking. It is at this juncture that I entirely endorse the conclusion of Anambra APGA that “Nnamdi Kanu’s call for a boycott of elections in the South-East, beginning with the governorship polls scheduled for November 18, 2017 in Anambra is irresponsible, irredentist and totally devoid of any focus”. I equally endorse the view of Ohanaeze Chairman [Chief Nnia Nwodo] that “We are happy with the peace that exists here. We are happy with the steady progress that Anambra has registered over the years. The next election can only improve not retard it”. Those who do not know the laid down procedures or are unwilling to follow the internationally recognised procedures for secession should leave the business of Biafra agitations alone. They should humble themselves and go into the lecture room of international law or seek for a crash programme on international law. "
The lawyer has some unkind words for Nnamdi Kanu. Hear him: "Anambra State has values that distinguish it from the lots. We cherish democracy and its pristine values one of which is freedom of thought and speech. We are republican. We abhor anarchy and view tyranny with disgust! People who wish to deal with us must respect our values. In every democracy, while the minority will always have their say, the majority will have their way. In every democracy, no one man has the monopoly of the knowledge of what is good for a people. A people have the right [in every democracy] to reject even what is good for them. Advocates of election boycott must begin to learn, accept and live with this democratic truth. May those who are actively seeking to return our dear Anambra state to the wasteful and inglorious days of Mbadinuju be dismayed and turned back. This is because, they are our enemies. For seeking to precipitate anarchy in the state of the iconic departed Supreme Leader of Biafra [His Excellency Dim Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu], they are enemies of Biafraland. They have no respect for the cherished memories of our departed Supreme Leader who [in his matchless wisdom] established APGA as a political party in the Nigerian Federation. A party which the current IPOB Leader [Nnamdi Kanu] once headed its UK Chapter. Nnamdi Kanu has not told us what has changed between then and now"
The full article is found on the lawyer's facebook page at: https://web.facebook.com/jideobi.johnmary1/posts/1533998306658554