Bodejo's detention , Constitutional bridge of his freedom and Rights: Fulani Group

From: Isaac Johnson 

A socio-Fulani Youths has condemned the continue detention of Alhaji Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, the president of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore a socio-Fulani cultural organization.

The covener of the group , Amb. Mohammed Tasiu Suleiman,described Bodejo’s continued detention by the Nigerian Army as illegal and bridge of his fundamental rights.

The Army has no constitutional power to detain any person beyond 24-hours and called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and order his immediate release. 

According to him, the Miyetti Allah Leader was picked up at his office in Tudun Wada, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State where he is been held at the facility of the Nigerian Army in Asokoro area of the Federal Capital Territory. 

The constitution is clear, The Nigerian Army is not empowered by our laws to detain a citizen without charging him to court. Therefore his continue detention without charging him to court is a bridge of the country constitutional process.

 They call on the  Army should hand over our leader to the Police or the DSS who are legally empowered to investigate a citizen.By this illegal act, the Army is going outside its constitutional duty. 

The group call on the  President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to as a matter of urgency order the immediate release of Bello Bodejo.

The Nigerian Army had no constitutional power to detain any person beyond 24-hours without charging him/her to court. Therefore, the detention of our Leader, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, is alien to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” FUYAN, stated. 



The continued detention of Bello Bodejo by the Nigerian Army without trial, the fulani youth leader said was a smacks of impunity of the highest order and their Lawyers are warming up to this matter. 

“If the Army have any evidence against Bello Bodejo, committing an offence known to law, he should be arraigned before a competent court. Subjecting him to illegal detention is an infringement on his fundamental human rights as enshrined in the constitution.

The Nigerian security apparatus are known for  professionalism and respecters of rule of law and are expected to demonstrate such by  granting Bodejo his constitutional rights as a law abiding citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He was arrested recently in connection with the inauguration of Nomad Vigilante Group in Lafia, the Nasarawa State’s capital on January 17 following public outcry. His arrest came days after representatives of the country’s  security agencies attended the event and admonished the group to operate according the existing laws. 

During the inauguration, Bodejo said that the primary objective of the group is to help secure the livelihoods of farmers and herders, aid in information gathering and intelligence to the Nigerian security agencies of criminals and criminalities within the local communities as well as encourage peace in rural communities. 

The group calls for calm and call on the Nigerian Army to allow the constitution process to take it course in ensuring that ,his rights and freedom are not bridge. They added.

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