Lawyers representing some detained professors, refugees, and activists have expressed their frustration over the repeated non-appearance of key representatives from both Nigeria and Cameroon in a matter pending before Nigeria's house of representatives' committee on public petitions.
Lawyers representing the 10 detained professors, refugees, and activists have expressed their frustration over the repeated non-appearance of key representatives from Nigeria and Cameroon in a matter pending before the house of representatives’ committee on public petitions.
He urged the federal government to employ diplomatic and political measures to ensure the release of the detainees.Another lawyer, Joseph Awah Fru, said the detainees have been in detention for over five years, noting that they are law-abiding citizens, not criminals. They were arrested for allegedly engaging in what authorities claimed was a clandestine meeting against Cameroonian authorities.In Cameroon, the activists were brought before a military tribunal and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Kondengui maximum security detention facility with a fine of $525 million.
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