Illegal dismissal of Bolulere Opukiri, Inihebe Effiong to drag FG to court

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The last has not been heard of the dismissal of Bolulere Opukiri a staff of the federal government amnesty office. According to news report, Ms. Opukiri was dismissed for criticizing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on social media. The dismissal which has elicited condemnation from the general public is about to take a new twist going the statement released on Monday June 4, 2018 by Human Right Activist and Counsel to Ms. Opukiri Inihebe Effiong.

In the statement he expressed appreciation to Nigerians for the support shown to her client and also made mention of their decision to drag the FG to court. According to him “In the coming days, we shall initiate actions and processes aimed at seeking justice and legal redress for our client through a court of competent jurisdiction. The legal action that will be taken is not just about seeking justice for our client over her dismissal by the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger delta and coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, but to remind those who have been intoxicated by power and seduced by despotic proclivities that Nigeria is a nation of laws and not a banana republic”

It is regrettable that nineteen years after we returned to democracy, elements of military maladministration is still evident in the democracy we claim to practice. The unending clampdown on free speech which is the hallmark of the dark days of the military has found its way back into the democratic era. The case of Ms. Opukiri is not the first and won’t be the last however the decision taken by the human right lawyer will go a long way in correcting this injustice.

Several individuals have fallen victims of this same victimization in the past including ones that were condemned by the APC as an opposition party, today they are guilty of the same despite preaching Change. Its evident nothing has changed!

 

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