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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE PRESIDENT-IN-COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CHRISTIAN LAWYERS’ FELLOWSHIP OF NIGERIA (CLASFON) HELD ON THURSDAY THE 7TH- 10THMARCH, 2018 AT THE TOKYU GRAND HOTEL, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE.
At the meeting of the President-in-Council of Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) held on the 8th day of March, 2018 it was resolved as follows:
NATIONAL DEFENCE AND INTERNAL SECURITY
CLASFON President-in-Council considered the pervasive insecurity and the inaction and apparent indifference of our national defense and internal security forces; as manifest in:-
The escalation of herdsmen and terrorist attacks across certain parts of the country especially in Benue State, Plateau State, Taraba State, Kaduna State, Zamfara State;
The escalating genocidal herdsmen attacks on defenseless, indigenous communities and unabated Boko Haram offensives;
The continued bombings, kidnaps of innocent Nigerians, particularly, the Dapchi School girls and disruption of socio-economic activities in North-East Nigeria;
And notes with dismay;
The tough policy and judicial action of neighboring nations of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, against convicted terrorists, as against the pacifist and ambivalent policy and stance of the Federal government against same; and
The deliberate and conscious exposure of local communities and people by the selective disarming of local vigilantes and the technical displacement of indigenous communities;
And therefore resolved that;
The Federal Government should review its anti-terrorism strategy and harmonize its penal sanctions with those of neighboring States and rescind its pacifist policies towards terrorism and thereby avoid turning Nigeria into a fertile terrorist enclave;
(ii) The National Assembly should review the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2013 with a view to amending it to meet the challenges of national security and to conform to regional security standards;
(iii) The seeming indulgenceof herdsmen terrorists by the Federal Governmentand her apparent reluctanceto apprehend local and trans-national terrorists which has left Nigerian communities vulnerable to unprovokedattacks and invasion is unacceptable and symptomatic of a failed State brought about by political incompetence.
The meeting considered the destruction of farmlands and displacement of farmers and communities across the country resulting in low agricultural yield and induced famine and poverty amongst the people; Continue reading COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE PRESIDENT-IN-COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CHRISTIAN LAWYERS’ FELLOWSHIP OF NIGERIA (CLASFON) HELD ON THURSDAY THE 7TH- 10THMARCH, 2018 AT THE TOKYU GRAND HOTEL, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE.
A CALL ON MR PRESIDENT TO ENSURE THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF LEAH SHARIBU
The news of the return of the abducted Dapchi girls by the Islamic extremists group Boko Haram after negotiation with the Federal Government is commendable and we thus commend the Muhammadu Buhari led administration.
It is however painful to hear that five of the abducted girls had died before the release and we commiserate with the parents and family of the deceased abducted girls.
It is further very much disheartening to hear that one of the abducted girls, Leah Sharibu is still being held captive by the extremists on account of her refusal to renounce Christianity and convert to Islam.
We find it reprehensible and view it as an act of callousness on the part of the Federal Government in allowing Leah to continue to be held in captivity in the course of their negotiation on account of her religious faith. Continue reading A CALL ON MR PRESIDENT TO ENSURE THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF LEAH SHARIBU
CLASFON 2017 Annual Conference Dinner
Annual dinner held to wrap up the just concluded 2017 annual conference of the Chritian Lawyers fellowship held at EEMJM hotel, uyo Akwa-Ibom state.
CLASFON Lagos Elects New Officials
The Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) Lagos Branch on Thursday 5th October, 2017 elected new executive committee officers that will lead the Lagos branch of the organization. Lawrence C. Nnoli, Queen Onuobia and Oluwafemi Ijayeoba were elected as chairman, secretary and public relations officer respectively.
In his inaugural speech, the newly elected chairman, Lawrence C. Nnoli pledged on behalf of the newly elected leadership to uphold the ideals of the organization and further take the Lagos branch of CLASFON to greater heights.
CLASFON is the umbrella organization for all Christian lawyers in Nigeria. Established in 1979, CLASFON membership includes judges, magistrates, lawyers and law students from all Christian denominations. CLASFON has played a major role in helping to define church/state relationship in Nigeria.
The tenure of the newly elected executive committee officers is for three years.