When will Chidi Nwosu be buried? Has his funeral been fixed? To answer that question, allow to quote from a report written by Daniel Elombah yesterday:
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"However, the family could not fix the funeral date because the Police have not done the autopsy report. The Police are waiting for the family to give them bribe before they could perform the autopsy...so the funeral is put on hold...
That is the Nigerian Police for you....I was told Chidi was shot around 12:45 am but the Police could not come untill 11:00 am
By 6:00 am the villagers went again to invite the Police...but they refused to come...untill the youths started getting restless and perhaps some payment was made before they could visit the locus criminus almost 11 hours after the crime"
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There you have it, in black and white! No autopsy after 18 solid days! A promising young man who was assassinated within earshot of his family can not even be laid to rest, because the Nigerian Police would not do an autopsy until a bribe is paid!
Chei!! My people, water don pass garri for this our country!
What kind of a country do we have? What kind of a country would Chidi's Nwosu's 5-year old daughter inherit from you and me?
We can not continue this way, because the lack of public outrage, and our nearly infinite tolerance, for any and every evil, continues to birth all kinds of impunities. More than anything else, our inattention to the excesses of the Nigerian state is what has brought our nation down to its knees.
It is the reason why our own Yinka Odumakin was threatened with assasination one year ago. It is the reason why Jonathan Elendu's activism was decaptitated two years ago.
It is the reason why professor Okey Ndibe was harrased last week. It is the reason why Jackson Ude and Churchill Umoren of Pointblanknews, Sowore Omoyele of Saharareporters, Emeke Asiwe of Huhuhonline, and Sunny Ofili of the Times of Nigeria, among many other promising young men and women who labour for public accountability, continue to be in that same SSS list that landed Okey Ndibe in hot water last week!
The impunity of the Nigerian State, its total disregard for basic human dignity, its complete lack of decency, is the reason why the Nigerian police would have the effrontery to demand a bribe from a poor widow whose husband has just been murdered in cold blood.
It is the reason why Chidi's corpse is still in the morgue, accumulating financial costs that his widow can ill-afford, waiting for a time when Ijeoma's lunch money would be cashiered into police pockets.
WILL CHIDI DIE IN VAIN?
OUR OWN NIGERIAN ACTIVISTS AND MEDIA PEOPLE, ARE FOR MURDER?
ARE WE GOING TO SIT BY WHILE THE NIGERIAN POLICE EXTORT AND INSULT THE MISERY OF A FRESH WIDOW?
God forbid it!
Chidi Nwosu fought power forces on behalf of the Nigerian people. Justice for Chidi Nwosu is justice for all of us. Please make your voice count! Say "NO" to unbridled impunity. Demand accountability from those who are paid, with your own money, to protect public safety.
Let us send a CLEAR and message - that we Nigerians are decent people, that a Nigerian widow reeling form a husband's recent assasination would be allowed to suffer the indignity of paying a bribe to get a common autopsy!
If you have not done so, please add your voice to the demand for justice by clicking the link below:
http://petitions.wazobianpools.com/
And please join other men and women of goodwill to make a donation to the Chidi Nwosu memorial fund. Let us send a STRONG message -that our activists and media people must be protected at all times, because they are the life-line that keeps policitians accountable.
Let us demonstrate that we appreciate those among us who risk life and livelihood to advocate for public welfare.
Let us show our youth that Community Service and dedication to the welfare of our neighbour is a worthy calling, and that those who loose their lives in the struggle for a better society will not be forgotten carelessly.
Please Donate by clicking the link below.
http://donations.wazobianpools.com/chidi.nwosu
Thank you so much for support, and may 2011 be a breakthrough you for you and your family.
To read about Chidi Nwosu and how he was murdered, read: http://elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4918%3Aexposed-chidi-nwosu-the-brutal-murder-of-a-nigerian-human-rights-activist&catid=36%3Aomoba&Itemid=83
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