By Brown Chimezie
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), Enugu State chapter, has disowned a statement credited to one Comrade Kindness Jonah on behalf of the human rights organization.
According a statement by CLO, Enugu State Branch chairman, Comrade Zulu Ofoelue,Comrade Jonah has no powers whatsoever to sign such a petition, and acted without the knowledge nor the consent of the CLO.
Ofoelue while maintaining that Jonah holds no executive position in the CLO and is not authorized to make any correspondences or statements on its behalf.
He argued that in its many years of operation, CLO has never and will never release any statement on a matter of human or civil rights without thorough investigation using the principles of justice, rule of law, and fair hearing.
The statement read in part: “The attention of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), Enugu State Branch, has been drawn to an online publication, entitled: Alleged embezzlement:CLO asks Gov Mbah to dethrone Enugu monarch, Igwe Nevobasi” in “The Nations News” of October 10 2024, which was credited to and signed by one Comrade Kindness Jonah on behalf of the CLO.
“Consequently, the CLO Enugu State wishes to make the following clarifications:
“That the aforesaid document does not originate from the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), whether at the State Branch, South East Zone, or the National Body level.
“That the matter entitled as above has never been brought to the CLO for investigation,
arbitration or mediation at any level of its operation.
“ That the CLO is a credible human right and civil society organisation with many years of operational experiences, and will never release any statement on a matter of human or civil rights without thorough investigation using the principles of justice, rule of law, and fair hearing.
“That the said Comrade Kindness Jonah is not an official of the CLO at any level of its operation and does not have the authorisation of the CLO to investigate matters brought to her or endorse
any kind of correspondences, letters, press statements, petitions or any kind of document on her
behalf.
“ That the CLO totally disowns the said petition and the petitioner, and frowns at the illegitimate use of its name in unfounded transactions. The CLO call on appropriate authorities to call the
person involved to order and ensure that such embarrassment is averted henceforth.
“That in as much as the allegations contained in the petition quoted portends grievous human rights violations, the CLO will engage in proper and thorough investigations and come up with a suitable position in due course”.
