On this date, July 4,
2013, Adams Oshiomhole, the Governor of Edo State, Nigeria spoke at the
second annual seminar on the “Role of Public Complaints Commission in a
democratic Nigeria’ organized by the Public Complaint Commission, in Abuja, the
governor maintained that anyone who deliberately kill another deserves the
capital punishment.
We, the comrades of Unit 1012, encourage the Head of States around the
world to learn from Adams Oshiomhole, the Governor of Edo State, Nigeria. He
signed the death warrants for two murderers and had them hanged by the neck
till dead on June 24, 2013. Altogether 4 murderers were hanged in Nigeria that
day, but the other two were hanged in other states in the country.
Adams Oshiomhole courageously spoke out in
defense of the death penalty at the second annual seminar on the “Role of
Public Complaints Commission in a democratic Nigeria’ organized by the Public
Complaint Commission, in Abuja on July 4, 2013.
We, the
comrades of Unit 1012, feel that he should be nicknamed: ‘The Rayner Goddard of
Edo State, Nigeria’. To add more icing to the cake, Adams Oshiomhole signed the
death penalty law for kidnapping on October 18 that year.
Congratulations,
Governor! You rightfully deserve the Chief Justice Rayner Goddard Award of 2013.
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ARTICLE
TITLE: Capital
punishment: I swore to obey the constitution of Nigeria, not yours – Oshiomhole
carpets UN, EU, others
DATE: Friday 5 July 2013
AUTHOR: Wale Odunsi
AUTHOR
INFORMATION: Adams
Aliyu Oshiomhole (born 4 April 1952) is a former labor leader, turned politician
who recently won a landslide victory for a second term as the Governor of Edo
State in Nigeria on the platform of the Action Congress . His first term was
won following his court appeal to the results of a massively rigged April 2007
election in which the candidate of the ruling People's Democratic Party
Oserheimen Osunbor had initially been declared the winner. He assumed office on
12 November 2008 after winning the appeal. Oshiomhole was formerly president of
the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and was prominent as the leader of a
campaign of industrial action against high oil prices in Nigeria.
Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has informed
the international community that Nigeria as a sovereign nation will always
uphold its constitution.
He said this while reacting to the United Nations,
European Union and others, over the hanging of the four armed robbers sentenced
to death by hanging by the Supreme Court, the nation’s apex court.
Speaking at the second annual seminar on the “Role
of Public Complaints Commission in a democratic Nigeria’ organized by the
Public Complaint Commission, in Abuja on Thursday, the governor maintained that
anyone who deliberately kill another deserves the capital punishment.
“We are part of the international
community and my views must just be heard like the views of any other person. I
am concerned about death, I am concerned about the sanctity of the human life
and even as a Catholic I am even more fanatical about the sanctity of human
life, he said.
“As a governor and I believe it is the
statement of the European Union he (Ambassado David Macrae, head of delegation
to Nigeria and ECOWAS European Union) is talking about the rule of law, the
rule of law is the fundamental of human right.”
He said during his swearing-in, he swore to obey
the Nigerian constitution nd not resolutions, communiqué and recommendations of
the international.
“The day I was sworn in, I subscribed to
obey the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria there was no
suggestion to me that I shall obey the resolution of the UN or the European
Union.
Continuing, “I do
understand that there is no such thing as universal values. As we speak nations
and humans battle ideas on the basis of different value system and it will be
abuse of my own right and my own value if some one thinks that his views are
superior to my own value and views.
“I do not think that my values are less
human and at any rate I will act according to my value that is why I took vow
and I say to my brother Ambassador in trying to understand how best to protect
the sanctity of human live, we must ask question is it better to pardon those
who kill? If it is so, will it lead to more people being killed or should we
tell the people that if you kill you don’t have the right to live,” he said.
The governor who said that Nigeria is a sovereign
nation that struggled to gain independence so as to live according to the
norms, values and culture of the people, regretted that those Nigerians who
tried to raise eyebrow over the decision to execute the robbers, live on
foreign handouts.
“I did not do what I did in Edo may be
because President Goodluck wants me to do so, if President Goodluck Jonathan
tells me to go and execute one that does not require it I will not. I will tell
him I am the head of the state government.
“The reason is that both the president
and myself are the creation of law and we are to abide by the Nigeria
constitution. A guy went to rob, after robbing his victim he was not done, he
brought out a cutlass and killed the guy, he was not done, he severed the head
from the body and butchered the parts and buried them in different locations in
other for people not to know that somebody was killed.
He said the police carried out a thorough investigation
and the law took its cause.
“They arrested this guy, took him to take
them where he buried the different parts and the matter passed through the Edo
State High Court, to the Appeal Court and to the Supreme Court.
“I have what is called prerogative of
mercy but as a catholic I asked myself the ten commandments said that thy shall
not kill and God who has the infinite right to forgive decided to create hell
side by side heaven, those he forgive go to heaven those he did not forgive go
to hell and if God should create hell, who am I so I refused to exercised my
prerogative in favor of the robber so that the order of the supreme court could
be carried.
“But there are some idle lawyers who read
law upside down. I am happy the bar is here, the bar must be guided by the
code, when the supreme court has pronounced a judgment somebody goes to a High
Court to challenge the decision of the supreme court by a lower court, even we
know a lower court can’t question the supreme court,” he said.
Governor Oshiomhole said it would amount to an
abuse of his own value if somebody should think that his own value was superior
to his (Oshiomhole), adding that as a sovereign nation, Nigeria defined its
national interest and that no other country should define the interest of the
country to Nigeria.
“Why should we respect the right of a
criminal, what of the right of the victim. In Edo State, if you kill and the
law finds you guilty and convicts you, you will not live,” he said.
On the controversy trailing the Nigeria Governors
Forum election won by Governor Chibuike Amaech of Rivers State, Governor
Oshiomhole said that he was amazed over the comments of the President of the
Nigeria Bar Association, Okay Wali.
“The NBA, I have a complain against them. We have
had vibrant leadership and an activists as NBA Presidents. I saw the NBA
president lending support to people who are not ready to accept a small
electoral defeat, he said.
“A man (Jona Jang) came from Jos and the other one
(Chibuike Amaechi) came from Rivers to campaign for votes, the Jos man got 16
votes, Rivers got 19 votes. Any day I see the new president, the current
president of the NBA, he is an embarrassment to the NBA. He needs to purge
himself of those reactionary pro establishment agencies.”
Reacting to the disagreement between the Federal
government and the National Assembly in the passage of the Supplementary
budget, the former Labour President lamented that the non release of the
appropriation was affecting his credibility as a governor.
“I heard that the Presidency and the Minister of
Finance who is the Coordinating Minister of the Economy are aggrieved that the
National Assembly has refused to entertain or legislate on the supplementary
budget, the National Assembly is saying it has passed the budget.
“My own fear remains how to address the challenges
facing Edo state. The ministry of finance has not released my money in full.
From January till now more than N1.8 billion appropriated to Edo is being
delayed by Abuja that is affecting my credibility as a governor to fulfill my
commitments to my contractors.
“If as a governor I can’t get my statutory
allocation on the basis of the rule of law, I am aggrieved so if Public
Complaint Commission can help me. If we don’t manage the system well, we are
going to lose credibility before the people.”
He praised the FCT Commissioner of the PCC, Chief
Obunike Ohaegbu for the reformations that he had brought to the commission,
calling on relevant authorities to further support the commission.
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Death Penalty: I Stand by the
Constitution, Says Oshiomhole
10 Jul 2013
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State
has said he would apply fully the Nigerian Constitution, which he subscribed to
and not the laws of a European country or the whims of some activists.
The governor, who said the
international community cannot dictate to Nigeria on which values it should
adhere to, said there was so much hypocrisy by the international community on
the issue of human rights.
Speaking in Abuja, at a one-day
seminar on the “Role of the Public Complaints Commission in a Democratic
Government in Nigeria,” Oshiomhole said Nigeria as a sovereign nation had a
right to define its own national values.
According to him, “Nigeria is a sovereign nation and we have a right to define
what we regard as our own national values. No national interest is defined
by others. As we speak, nations and humans are involved in the battle of
ideas on the basis of different value system and it will be abuse of my own
value system if someone chooses to assume that his values are superior to my
values.”
Oshiomhole said: “I am part of the international community and my views should
carry as much weight as the views of any other person in the same international
community and where we have not counted the votes, we cannot assume that the
views from London are shared by Abuja.”
The governor declared: “As a Catholic, I am more fanatical about the sanctity of
life. The foundation for human rights is the rule of law, not rule of
resolution, not rule of communiqué; not rules of recommendations.
“When I was sworn in, I
subscribed to the oath that I shall subscribe to the oath that I shall obey the
Constitution of Nigeria. There is no suggestion that I shall obey the UN
or resolution of the European Union that has not been domesticated by the
Nigerian government. I do understand that there is no such thing as
universal values."
He further argued that Nigerian values
are not less elegant, less human and, therefore, not less acceptable.
“In trying to understand how
best to protect the sanctity of human life, if you carry out an act and you
confess to it, you shall go. You have no right to tell me that your
values are superior to mine,”
he said.
The governor decried the activities of
some Nigerians, who parrot some of those values that were offensive to the
culture and tradition of the African people.
Citing the same sex marriage as one of
the offensive laws of the European Union, Oshiomhole said: “Now they are
canvassing the same sex marriage. If they think it is right to marry a
man in the West and we think it is a crime to marry a man in Africa, African
values are superior to European values and we have to push for them to
interrogate their own values.”
The governor noted that more than half
of the states in the United States still subscribed to death penalty, stressing
that: “We have not heard the European Union say anything about them. He advised
the international community to recognise that Nigeria is part of the European
community and they cannot give us orders or insist that we act according
to their orders.”
The governor noted that democracy
offers space for those who are not satisfied to complain and urge that
necessary machinery be put in place to empower the public complaints commission
to function effectively.
INTERNET
SOURCE: http://allafrica.com/stories/201307051362.html?viewall=1
Nigeria: Edo
Hangman - You Can't Dictate to Nigeria, Oshiomhole Tells EU, UN
By JohnBosco Agbakwuru, 5 July 2013
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State
has told the international community especially the United Nations and the
European Union to be mindful of the fact that Nigeria is a sovereign nation and
should always uphold the constitution of the country and not the resolutions of
international community that run contrary to the values of the country.
Governor Oshiomhole who was reacting
to the condemnation by the international community over the hanging of the four
armed robbers that were sentenced to death by hanging by the nation's apex
court, the Supreme Court at the second annual seminar on the "Role of
Public Complaints Commission in a democratic Nigeria' organized by the Public
Complaint Commission, Federal Capital territory Abuja yesterday said that
whoever deliberately killed another person if pronounced guilty by the court
should face the music.
The Comrade Governor said that
Nigerians are part of the international community and that the country has its
values and holds the sanctity of life in a high esteem.
He said, "We
are part of the international community and my views must just be heard like
the views of any other person. I am concerned about death, I am concerned about
the sanctity of the human life and even as a Catholic I am even more fanatical
about the sanctity of human life.
"As a governor and I
believe it is the statement of the European Union he (Ambassado David Macrae,
head of delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS European Union) is talking about the
rule of law, the rule of law is the fundamental of human right."
He said when he was sworn-in as a
governor of Edo state, he was not told that he would obey resolutions,
communiqué and recommendations of the international community, adding, "the day I was sworn in, I subscribed to obey the
constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria there was no suggestion to me
that I shall obey the resolution of the UN or the European Union.
"I do understand that
there is no such thing as universal values. As we speak nations and humans
battle ideas on the basis of different value system and it will be abuse of my
own right and my own value if some one thinks that his views are superior to my
own value and views.
"I do not think that my
values are less human and at any rate I will act according to my value that is
why I took vow and I say to my brother Ambassador in trying to understand how
best to protect the sanctity of human live, we must ask question is it better
to pardon those who kill? If it is so, will it lead to more people being killed
or should we tell the people that if you kill you don't have the right to
live," he
said.
The governor who said that Nigeria is
a sovereign nation that struggled to gain independence so as to live according
to the norms, values and culture of the people, regretted that those Nigerians
who tried to raise eyebrow over the decision to execute the robbers, live on
foreign handouts.
"I did not do what I
did in Edo may be because President Goodluck wants me to do so, if President
Goodluck Jonathan tells me to go and execute one that does not require it I
will not. I will tell him I am the head of the state government.
"The reason is that
both the president and myself are the creation of law and we are to abide by
the Nigeria constitution. A guy went to rob, after robbing his victim he was
not done, he brought out a cutlass and killed the guy, he was not done, he
severed the head from the body and butchered the parts and buried them in
different locations in other for people not to know that somebody was killed.
"The police carried
thorough investigation arrested this guy took him to take them where the guy
buried the different parts and the matter passed through the Edo State High
Court, to the Appeal Court and to the Supreme Court
"I have what is called
prerogative of mercy but as a catholic I asked myself the ten commandments said
that thy shall not kill and God who has the infinite right to forgive decided
to create hell side by side heaven, those he forgive go to heaven those he did
not forgive go to hell and if God should create hell, who am I so I refused to
exercised my prerogative in favor of the robber so that the order of the
supreme court could be carried.
"But there are some
idle lawyers who read law upside down. I am happy the bar is here, the bar must
be guided by the code, when the supreme court has pronounced a judgment
somebody goes to a High Court to challenge the decision of the supreme court by
a lower court, even we know a lower court can't question the supreme
court,"
he said.
Governor Oshiomhole said it would
amount to an abuse of his own value if somebody should think that his own value
was superior to his (Oshiomhole), adding that as a sovereign nation, Nigeria
defined its national interest and that no other country should define the
interest of the country to Nigeria.
"Why should we respect
the right of a criminal, what of the right of the victim. In Edo State, if you
kill and the law finds you guilty and convicts you, you will not live," he said.
On gay marriage, the governor said
that the African values were superior to the European Union and that African
values could be pushed to the EU for them to examine their conscience,
stressing that, "Right from creation it is that man should marry woman and
not man to marry man, that is African value and it must be superior.
NBA president an embarrassment to the
association
Governor Oshiomhole said that he was
amazed over the comments of the President of the Nigeria Bar Association, Chief
Okay Wali on the ongoing crisis in the Nigeria Governors Forum which was won by
Governor Chibuike Amaech of Rivers State.
He said, "The NBA, I have a
complain against them. We have had vibrant leadership and an activists as NBA
Presidents. I saw the NBA president lending support to people who are not ready
to accept a small electoral defeat.
"A man (Jona Jang) came from Jos
and the other one (Chibuike Amaechi) came from Rivers to campaign for votes,
the Jos man got 16 votes, Rivers got 19 votes. Any day I see the new president,
the current president of the NBA, he is an embarrassment to the NBA. He needs
to purge himself of those reactionary pro establishment agencies."
FG sitting on N1.8bn Statutory
Allocation of Edo State
The Governor regretted that there have
been a disagreement between the Federal government and the National Assembly in
the passage of the Supplementary budget which he said had affected his
government adding that the non release of the appropriation for the state was
impinging on his credibility before his contractors.
"I heard that the Presidency and
the Minister of Finance who is the Coordinating Minister of the Economy are
aggrieved that the National Assembly has refused to entertain or legislate on
the supplementary budget, the National Assembly is saying it has passed the
budget.
"My own fear remains how to
address the challenges facing Edo state. The ministry of finance has not
released my money in full. From January till now more than N1.8 billion
appropriated to Edo is being delayed by Abuja that is affecting my credibility
as a governor to fulfill my commitments to my contractors.
"If as a governor I can't get my
statutory allocation on the basis of the rule of law, I am aggrieved so if
Public Complaint Commission can help me. If we don't manage the system well, we
are going to lose credibility before the people."
He commended the FCT Commissioner of
the PCC, Chief Obunike Ohaegbu for the reformations that he had brought to the
commission and called on the relevant authorities to support the commission in
order to deliver on its mandate.
INTERNET
SOURCE: http://ynaija.com/politico/watch-oshiomole-is-following-gods-law-with-death-sentence/
WATCH:
Oshiomole is “following God’s law with death sentence”
Jul 6, 2013
Edo
governor Adams Oshiomhole is unrepentant, and has come out to publicly defend
the signing of the death warrants on two armed robbers that were condemned to
death in his state recently.
He also
warned residents of the state that his administration will not fail to clamp
down on anyone found culpable of any crime – or hesitate to carry out capital
punishment.
He was
speaking at a gathering organised by the Public Complaints Commission of the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The ostensible aim of the gathering was
to examine the role of the commission in the nation’s democracy.
However,
the discussion shifted to issues of human rights in Nigeria and the European
Union Head of Delegation; David Macrae used the event to reiterate the European
Union’s position that the death penalty should be abolished in the country’s
criminal justice system.
The Edo
governor did not take this lying down. He did not mince words to warn would-be
offenders that the government of Edo state would not fail to hand down the
appropriate punishment to offenders.
Oshiomole,
who incurred global outrage for executing a capital sentence on four convicts,
said that “God created heaven and hell side by side to
keep repentant in heaven and permanently keep the unrepentant in hell fire.”
Fiery words
if you ask us, for the whole story, watch the video.
INTERNET
SOURCE: http://www.channelstv.com/2013/07/04/i-am-following-gods-law-with-death-sentence-oshiomhole-says/
I am
Following God’s Law With Death Sentence Oshiomhole Says
The governor of Edo State; Adams
Oshiomhole has defended the signing of the death warrants on two armed robbers
that were condemned to death in Edo state recently.
He warned citizens in the state that
his administration will not fail to hand down the capital punishment to anyone
found culpable.
He was speaking at a gathering
organised by the Public Complaints Commission of the Federal Capital Territory
(FCT) where Nigerians from different walks of life gathered to examine the role
of the commission in the nation’s democracy.
The Governor who incurred global
outrage for passing the capital sentence on four convicts in state explained
that God created heaven and hell side by side to keep repentants in heaven and
permanently keep the unrepentant in hell fire.
However discussion shifted to issues
of human rights in Nigeria and the European Union Head of Delegation; David
Macrae used the event as an avenue to speak on the European Union’s perception
of human rights in Nigeria, one of which is the need for the country to abolish
the death penalty in its criminal justice system.
This suggestion however, was not
acceptable to the governor of Edo state who recently signed the death warrants
for two condemned criminals. He did not mince words to warn would-be offenders
that the government of Edo state will not fail to hand down the appropriate
punishment to offenders.
Speaking on the Public Complaints
Commission, governor Oshiomhole was of the opinion that prosecutor powers
should be granted to the commission, thus,making them more effective.
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WATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE GIVING HIS DEFENSE OF THE DEATH
PENALTY:
I
am Following God's Law With Death Sentence Oshiomhole Says
Published on Jul
4, 2013
The governor of Edo State; Adams
Oshiomhole has defended the signing of the death warrants on two armed robbers
that were condemned to death in Edo state recently. He was speaking at a
gathering organised by the Public Complaints Commission of the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) where Nigerians from different walks of life gathered to
examine the role of the commission in the nation's democracy. The Governor who
incurred global outrage for passing the capital sentence on four convicts in
state explained that God created heaven and hell side by side to keep
repentants in heaven and permanently keep the unrepentatnt in hell fire. For
more information log on to www.channelstv.com.
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