TonyeBarcanista:
Since the pronouncement of Buhari justifying Nnamdi Kanu and Sambo Dasuki's detention, some people have gone public to abuse the President and seeking to score cheap point. Has Buhari or DSS really violated the law in Kanu and Dasuki's trial?

On Nnamdi Kanu's Continuous Detention
Firstly, I want to make some clarification. At no time did any court "free or clear" Mr Nnamdi Kanu of any charge against him. What Justice Ademola of the FHC(Abuja) did was to vacate the order it first granted to DSS to detain Kanu for three months. The court vacated the order on the ground that it was unconstitutional to hold a suspect in detention for more than three months without charging such suspect to court. In the words of the learned judge;



What the DSS simply did was to detain Kanu and file case in court on charges that borders on treason. In other words, Kanu is no longer being detained without trial as it was before. It is left for him to argue his innocence with the judge. If the DSS had breached the court ruling, the judge would have summoned them for contempt.

Did Kanu Really Commit Treason?
What constitute treason in Nigeria? The offence of treason can be found in sections 37 to 49 of the Nigeria criminal code.

According to section 37(1) of the Nigeria criminal code; Any person who levies war against the State, in order to intimidate or overawe the President or the Governor of a State, is guilty of treason, and is liable to the punishment of death. Section 37(2) further stated that Any person conspiring
with any person, either within or without Nigeria, to levy war against the State with intent to cause such levying of war as would be treason if committed by a citizen of Nigeria, is guilty of treason and is liable to the punishment of death:.

Through radio biafra, Kanu preached inciting messages and even went as far as soliciting for arms with intent to wage war against the State. This was captured in a video that has gone viral. I think that breached section 37(2) of Nigeria criminal code(in my opinion). It is however left for the judge to make pronouncement.

refreshrate:


Are you seriously entering the new year with this type of grammar?

As in seriously?

sameer1212:
Dude if I star insulting your and your miserable generations,no cry me river o.

ROYALD:


Monkeys and Baboons what is the insult about what your president called you.Please tell me

anticabal1:
In short, let me make it clear. Treason oh no treason oh. Fulani cannot kill a popular Igbo activist without paying through their nose in full measure. This no be yoruba matter or adaka boro issue. There will be grave repercussions.

GIYAZZ:
Please, can you provide the video where Nnamdi KANU was soliticiting for arms?

TonyeBarcanista:
Since the pronouncement of Buhari justifying Nnamdi Kanu and Sambo Dasuki's detention, some people have gone public to abuse the President and seeking to score cheap point. Has Buhari or DSS really violated the law in Kanu and Dasuki's trial?

On Nnamdi Kanu's Continuous Detention




Through radio biafra, Kanu preached inciting messages and even went as far as soliciting for arms with intent to wage war against the State. This was captured in a video that has gone viral. I think that breached section 37(2) of Nigeria criminal code(in my opinion). It is however left for the judge to make pronouncement.

drss:
nobody is heating any polity but d duara man himself. Does buari have evidence dat kanu engaged in terrorism like shekau (buari's friend) Evidence is wat d courts use to detarmine their case. It was because of lack of evidence dat made federal high court threw out d charges leveled against kanu. Buari is doing nothing but vendetta.
wait n see, all dis so call terrorism charges releveled against kanu will be dismissed by d courts as baseless.

drss:
''baboons n dogs will soak in blood'' Is dat not a treasonable crime

babyfaceafrica:
Barca...u dey try o...dis biafrans and ipod hate PMB...they will never see any good in anything he is doing!!!......your salient points are noted..but will be wailing biafrans agree?!!!!!!!

vedaxcool:
Washington post has been acting like santasuki activists who are bent on freeing and clearing him of wrong doing.

ACM10:
It is only in Nigeria that suspect is arrested first before investigation is commenced.

kestolove95:
Buhari shud kill dasuki nd free anamdi kanu..na small pikin dey wori am nd buhari as a father shud forgv him

drss:
duara man need anger management...
Modified: op's write up is a paid article. but wetin concern me.

How can dis article explain d rational behind d continued detention of Kanu despite federal high court judgement how can dis article explain d massacre of shiites n d brutal attack of its leader who's where abouts is unknown
how can dis article absolved buari from libel by assuming himself as d prosecutor n a judge
how can dis article explain d rational behind d arrest of dopkesi on d charges of accepting moni from dasuki (for a contract which he dully executed) when femi adesina, who is d current media adviser to bauri, also collected moni from same dasuki when he was editior of sun news papers is dis not selective justice

Eluwilussit:


Why do you want him to rot in jail? It doesn't look like Nigerians like Igbos that much. Why not let the "Igbos" go? What's the big deal? I don't understand Nigerians one bit.

discusant:



@Barcanista,

[b]Listen to this:

" I freed some slaves, but could have freed many more only if they knew they were slaves."


You are quoting a constitution supervised by only northern Nigeria soldiers who were carrying machine guns while they supervised the drafters of the constitution.


a constitution that is being contested today by much of southern Nigeria, perhaps excluding those southerners who are not sentient to even understand that they are under enslavement through the 1999 constitution- as amended;

a constitution whose flaws, and refusal of the north for amending the relevant flawed portions, led to renewal of agitation for Biafra;

a constitution drafted after Arewa soldiers restructured Nigeria politically by proliferating a whooping 20 federating units (19 states + Abuja) in once one northern region, but only 17 units (states) in once two southern regions. Fraud!!!

This fraudulent political structure created a super-political class in the far north of Nigeria. The super-political class from the far north of Nigeria can in Nigeria's political process urinate into the mouths of the Barcanisters from Kalabari or Ijaw - and no heavens fall for that.

The Nnamdi Kanus fight against this inequity in Nigeria.

In fact, ignorance is a mental disorder.[/b]

kayfra:


Stop making foolish threats. It's shit like this that gets you guys in trouble. The unnecessary bragado with nothing to back it up. Last I checked 8 people have been killed and counting, nobody should be proud of the carnage. But your attitude guarantees more innocent blood will be shed. At some point your brain should supercede your brawn. God made us a higher animal, with higher intellect for a reason, he doesn't want you taking a knife to a gun fight.

musicwriter:


This is the most biased thing you've ever posted on Nairaland.

What's more treasonable than the people who said they'll "make the country ungovernable", a threat made and carried out against Jonathan?. As far as you're concerned Buhari and co didn't commit treason?.

The judge couldn't entertain the case cause he could see a clear violation of the suspect's rights.

And you don't understand the danger it posses to all of us?. Release and re-arrest is a loophole any law enforcement authority can exploit to keep anybody in prison FOREVER, if we don't demand total compliance to rule of law.

The DSS is simply abusing the power vested on them by our constitution. Of course, Buhari who still see himself as a military ruler encourage this. Apparently, the president don't know the difference between military rule and democratic rule.

Even the police can keep YOU in detention forever using this loophole. All they have to do is prepare several allegations again YOU, and present them one after the other. If you're released for the first allegation, you'll be allowed to leave but re-arrested in front of the police station. Is that what YOU want?