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Misplaced Priorities – A Counter to the Northern Women Lawyers Congress’ statement on Emir of Kano Mallam Mohammadu Sanusi, II

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"qV316CwM" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Amb&period; Abbas Abdullahi Yakasai cissp ipma<&sol;p><div class&equals;"FIezQygZ" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>It is deeply unfortunate and disappointing to witness a group referred to as Northern Women Lawyers Congress&comma; an association that ordinarily by the name&comma; would be expected to fight for justice&comma; fairness&comma; and the rule of law&comma; stooping so low and issuing a politically motivated statement aimed at vilifying a respected traditional leader&comma; Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi&comma; the Emir of Kano<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Congress&comma; led by one Barrister Nafisa Abba&comma; has taken upon itself to blindly applaud the actions of the Nigeria Police Force without critically examining the circumstances surrounding their invitation to Mallam Mohammadu Sanusi&comma; II<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The emotional and biased tone of their statement suggests that&comma; it was far from professional legal opinion&comma; but a desperate attempt to align with certain political interests&comma; for personal gains&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"b9Ffq5pg" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The public is watching&comma; and it’s becoming increasingly clear that&comma; someone with a vested agenda is hiding behind the name of this so-called Congress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We wish to remind the leader of the group&comma; by name Barrister Nafisa and her colleagues&comma; that leadership be it traditional or democratic&comma; requires balance&comma; wisdom&comma; and a sincere focus on progress&period; At a time when Kano and Nigeria are grappling with real&comma; tangible crises&comma; poverty&comma; insecurity&comma; out-of-school children&comma; drug abuse&comma; and youth unemployment&period; The Congress has disgracefully chosen to make a spectacle out of a cultural durbar and the invitation of Emir of Kano &lpar;Mallam Mohammadu Sanusi&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>While the group claim to be defenders of justice&comma; where were they when almost 16 innocent lives were lost in the tragic incident in Edo State just recently&comma; who were from Kano&comma; the recent killings of people in Plateau and Benue States respectively&period; What bold statement had the group released to demand justice for those Nigerians&quest; What proactive steps have they taken to ensure that the affected families are heard or that the perpetrators are held accountable&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their silence on real national tragedies speaks louder than their politically motivated attack on Sanusi Lamido Sunusi&comma; and a clear case of self serving interest&period; If the Congress is truly committed to justice&comma; we urge them to channel their energy towards issues that matter&comma; holding institutions accountable&comma; advocating for victims&comma; and ensuring that Nigeria’s justice system works for all&comma; not just for those with political influence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Moreover&comma; labeling civil society organisations &lpar;CSOs&rpar; as &&num;8220&semi;creations of the Emir&&num;8221&semi; is not only irresponsible but also undermines the important work done by independent voices who constantly risk their lives and reputations to speak truth to power&period; The CSOs in question have every right to question the legality and circumstances and intentions surrounding the police’s actions&comma; just as citizens have the right to demand fairness and due process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is also disturbing that&comma; the so called Congress seems to suggest that traditional leaders no longer deserve respect or basic civil rights&period; Emir Sanusi’s history of speaking up against societal decay&comma; corruption&comma; and injustice is well known&comma; and it is one of the reasons why he remains a target for politically self serving individuals and their cronies&period; Whether one agrees with him or not&comma; his right to dignity&comma; fairness&comma; and protection under the law must be respected and upheld&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We urge the Congress to return to the path of justice and objectivity&comma; and to stop allowing themselves to be used as pawns in political chess games&period; If truly they care for Kano and Nigeria&comma; let them rise above petty distractions and contribute meaningfully to the progress of our people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Enough of the distractions&period; Let us focus on building a better Kano&comma; and a greater Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; 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