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The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Abuja, has fixed May 19 for the hearing of a suit filed by Media Rights Agenda, MRA, seeking to compel the Federal Government to investigate the unresolved issue of 11 journalists killed over a period of two decades, as well identify and prosecute their killers.
Rising vigilantism in Nigeria reflects public cynicism about law enforcement and the judicial system.
The regional court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital has fixed Friday, May 19, 2023, for hearing in a suit seeking to compel the Federal Government to properly investigate the unresolved killings of 11 journalists over 20 years while discharging their duties. The suit filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) also sought an order of the court compelling the government of Nigeria to identify and prosecute their killers.
Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed disciple of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has written to the ECOWAS Court over the ‘indefinite’ adjournment of a lawsuit brought before the regional court by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) to seek referendum for the Biafra Republic. This was seen in a letter signed by Ekpa in his newly proclaimed capacity as the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In Exile (BRGIE). The letter is dated May 8, 2023, and addressed to the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS Court.
Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafra agitator and separatist, has told the United Kingdom's Monarchy under the leadership of King Charles III that the indigenous