The Persecution of Oben Maxwell
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| Hon.Lord Justice Ayah Paul |
A
human rights’ organization, JUSTICE4ALL, sent a team to the Buea
Central Prison on September 9, 2016, to visit Oben Maxwell.
One of
the organization’s lawyers did offer to seek legal redress for
Oben who has been in prison custody since February 2, 2014 – upwards of
30 months; whereas, by Camerounese law, such custody should not exceed
six months…
Low-spirited
and with waning sight, Oben was utterly depressed that schools have
reopened but his children are all out of school. He sobbed that one of
his daughters is marrying without his even knowing the date of ceremony.
And all these odds against him without his knowing what his crime is,
or why, if any crime he has committed, the case against him cannot be
heard.
He
informed the team that when his case last came up on August 30, the
court did not as much as sign any warrant to bring up prisoner. That
means that he is not aware of the next appointed day. His apprehension
is that he may join the many who have been in custody in perpetuity
because their cases have lapsed from the current cause lists.
The
team, led by the founder of JUSTICE4ALL, Justice Ayah Paul gave him
assurance that they would contact his counsel to pursue the matter. The
question remains though: why is Oben Maxwell in custody in perpetuity?
And that begs the further question as to why any case against cannot be
heard and determined within the law.
Some learned person somewhere may wish to edify us on why we should not view this as organized persecution?
Source:Justice4all Secretariat
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