Why justice must be done for Chibok girls - Oby Ezekwesili

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUroMdSPZvGvfgrLNDHmP7Etok5BcW_wksGAN5ZgE6J1FRonipGXhQp6X2weQnTlkPADWHvzuPQj_5uZEJ-yhY1TV5VoPjPHENQlARgJAhMRx8U8epG4DxnXyYPVF1OgqFlb9VGNFlZ__/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUroMdSPZvGvfgrLNDHmP7Etok5BcW_wksGAN5ZgE6J1FRonipGXhQp6X2weQnTlkPADWHvzuPQj_5uZEJ-yhY1TV5VoPjPHENQlARgJAhMRx8U8epG4DxnXyYPVF1OgqFlb9VGNFlZ__/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>Oby Ezekwesili<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has declared that justice must be done in the case of the abducted Chibok girls because the abduction reflected the failure of governance.<br/> Speaking in Lagos yesterday, the Bring Back Our Girls campaigner insisted that the abduction issue was treated with levity by government.<br/> <br/> Ezekwesili, who was a guest at the Daystar Christian Centre, said the girls abducted on April 14, 2014 would have been rescued if they were children of the elite.<br/> She said:”Absolutely nothing is going to make me stop talking about the Chibok girls until justice is done for them. Why must justice be done for them? Justice must be done for our Chibok girls because they symbolize the failure of governance in a nation that does not understand that God absolutely looks at government as an institution that exists because of the needs of the poor. The rich and mighty can do without government. But government exists that the poor may be cared for.<br/> “For us, we stand to declare that our Chibok girls represent a turning point in our nation, and the reason is simple. A nation can afford to ignore its citizens when it sees no value in them. Nations that have made economic progress and achieved development are the ones that dignify the lives of their citizens. Citizens’ lives mean nothing. The likelihood is because there is something that substitutes for the citizens’ lives. In our own case, that something is called oil,” she said.</div>

Why justice must be done for Chibok girls - Oby Ezekwesili

Oby Ezekwesili A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has declared that justice must be done in the case of the abducted Chib...

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Bricklayer Shot By A Policeman In 2013 Finally Get Justice! - Photos.

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVCuCURWj-PL6XNq5wFNKpP6YagYs_oWtcV5oHgzNjzNIv3pGLir9RpItOfLSnAaVnp2qeDQUaeGD6kQnsLws2Iti_T_gNZrNqwLLQBPIuEWYvJdyA5mYazzHkM2a_pZCTX9365ykt0Tp/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVCuCURWj-PL6XNq5wFNKpP6YagYs_oWtcV5oHgzNjzNIv3pGLir9RpItOfLSnAaVnp2qeDQUaeGD6kQnsLws2Iti_T_gNZrNqwLLQBPIuEWYvJdyA5mYazzHkM2a_pZCTX9365ykt0Tp/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>In December 2013, Joseph Martins was shot by Olumide Ariyo, a police sergeant, at a beer parlor and football viewing center in Utako, Abuja, during a football match between Nigeria and Mexico, for challenging him to pay for the two bottles of Gulder that he had consumed. <br/> <br/> He was subsequently dumped at Wuse General Hospital and the bullet left in his thigh for 25 days before it was finally removed at the Airforce Hospital. In a judgement delivered yesterday at an Abuja High Court, the Nigerian Police Force was ordered to pay him the sum of N50m, for violating his fundamental human rights and damages.<br/> <br/> The Court also ordered the IG of Police to produce and charge Sergeant Olumide Ariyo for attempted murder, instead of assault that he was earlier charged with in a Magistrate Court. Martins’ lawyer, Barr. Tolu Babaleye, who handled the case for free, said: “I took the matter to court after writing petitions to various offices of government in protest and nothing was done.<br/> <br/> At last, the judgment came up today after a long, tidious and almost hopeless wait. I am grateful to the judge for doing judicial activism on this matter. I wish to re-affirm my believe in Nigeria and the judiciary as the bastion of hope for the downthroden and the oppressed. If Joseph Martins who is a bricklayer can get justice, then there is hope and hope beacons he said.</div>

Bricklayer Shot By A Policeman In 2013 Finally Get Justice! - Photos.

In December 2013, Joseph Martins was shot by Olumide Ariyo, a police sergeant, at a beer parlor and football viewing center in Utako, Abuja,...

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