Foremost rights advocate, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has described the scheduled arraignment of former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Shendam Branch Chairman, Mr. Gabriel Tsenyen as one of the most spectacular weaponization and abuse of power in recent Nigerian history.

Tsenyen accuses the current President of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem, of involvement in forcibly taking his family land. He has sued and the matter is pending in the High Court of Plateau State in Shendam.

Tsenyen also did a petition to the National Juridical Council (NJC) against Justice Mensen, though the NJC stated that the matter does not rise to judicial misconduct and should be left to the civil courts to decide.

His words: “In a bizarre twist, the #SSS is now charging Mr. Tsenyen with some unimaginative “crimes” under the #Cybercrimes Act arising from posts he made on the community WhatsApp platform about this matter of the allegation of theft of his family land by the President of the Court of Appeal with whom he comes from the same village.

“This matter arose in Plateau State but they have managedtoi invent a federal charge in Abuja. The tragedy here should be lain to everyone.

“Tomorrow at Court 4 of @FederalHigh in Abuja, @OfficialDSSNG will initiate one of the more spectacular cases of weaponization & #AbuseOfPower in recent #Nigerian history.

“It concerns a land dispute in Shendam, in Plateau South. @GTsenyen, former chairman of @NigBarAssoc in Shendam, accuses the current president of @NGCourtofAppeal of involvement in forcibly taking his family land. He has sued & the matter is pending in the High Court of Plateau State in Shendam.

“Mr. Tsenyen also did a petition to @NJCNig against the president of the Court of Appeal but the #NJC said the matter does not rise to judicial misconduct & should be left to the civil courts to decide.

“In a bizarre twist, the #SSS is now charging Mr. Tsenyen with some unimaginative “crimes” under the #Cybercrimes Act arising from posts he made on the community WhatsApp platform about this matter of the allegation of theft of his family land by the President of the Court of Appeal with whom he comes from the same village.

“This matter arose in Plateau State but they have managed to invent a federal charge in Abuja. The tragedy here should be lain to everyone.

“Plateau State is struggling with massacres on an agricultural scale. The SSS has the primary constitutional duty to end it. Instead, it is derailed into being used for a matter that could not possibly in any way engage the internal security of the country.”