Fani Kayode’s startling summary of DSS midnight coup on fed judges and the story

NOW IS THE TIME TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED
Their homes were raided by hundreds of fully armed DSS commandos between 1.00 and 2.00 a.m. this morning.
Their streets were surrounded and sealed up. Their gates and front doors were smashed open and they were forcefully and violently arrested and detained.
Their families and loved ones were traumatized and terrorized .
Their staff and members of their household were held captive, threatened and sent scampering for cover under their beds.
Yet those that suffered these gross violations of their fundamental human rights, civil liberties and indignities were not wily and desperate politicians or hardened military men that were fighting and conspiring against the government or plotting a military coup d’état.
They were not dangerous dissidents or Boko Haram terrorists.
They were not battle-hardened Niger Deltan Avengers or seasoned OPC and IPOB fighters.
They were not members of a dangerous and evil armed cult that were plotting to kill innocent people and they were not a group of radical and desperate secessionists or freedom fighters.
They were not angry students or trade unionists that were planning to block the streets, to stop all movement and activity, to bring the country to a standstill or to burn the nation down.
They were none of these things and included none of these groups or people.
Instead they were all senior and respected members of the Nigerian judiciary.
They included two Supreme Court judges (one of whom is next in line to be the Chief Justice of the Federation) and three Federal High Court judges.
Three are Igbo, one is Yoruba and one is from the South South.
All of them are southerners.
Governor Wike of Rivers state was almost shot dead when he attempted to protect the home of one of the judges in Port Harcourt and stop them from arresting him.
The truth is that we are in trouble in this country!
The motherland and all that we hold dear is under attack from a ravenous and dictatorial President and government.
When those that are constitutionally charged and empowered to protect us from tyranny and the abuse of power by a vicious, violent, murderous and lawless government and its murderous security agencies are themselves under siege, all hope is lost.
If the judges cannot protect us and if they themselves have become victims of barbarous tyranny then it is time for the people to rise up, take to the streets, resist the evil and fight against our oppressors.
Sons and daughters of Nigeria, we must not give in to fear and we must not be silenced.
We must defend the rights of our people and fight for our homeland.
Now is the time to protest in any way that we possibly can and to take our country back from these animals and barbarians. Now is the time to say "enough is enough!"
If we do not do so we shall be slaves forever. It is our God-given right and sacred duty to resist tyranny in every shape and form.
If nothing else history, scripture and all the Holy Books of the three great faiths of Christianity, Islam and Judaism teach us that.
Now is the time to shed our fears and to stand up like the true patriots and free men and women that we were born to be and do so.
Now is the time to say "thus far and no further" and to say "no more" and be our brothers’ keeper.
Now is the time to stop sitting on the fence and acting as if all is well.
May the Living God fill us with His Spirit and grant us courage. May He strengthen and embolden us.
May He guide, lead, protect and deliver us as we move forward to confront the evil that plagues our land and speak truth to power.
May He, at the very end, bless our land and grant us victory.

Femi Fani Kayode

Besides the attempted breaking into the home of and attempting to kidnap a Federal High Court Judge in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Elombah.com gathered that more federal judges were attacked on Friday.
According to information gathered by our correspondent, a contingent of officers from the Department of State Security (DSS), late Friday evening surrounded the home of two federal judges in Abuja.
The names of the judges, our correspondent gathered, are Nnamdi Dimgba and Adebiyi Ademola.
The judges are residents of 32 and 34 Samuel Ogbemudia Cresent in the Apo Legislative Quarters of Abuja respectively.
The invading officers arrived and surrounded Justice Dimgba’s home around 9p.m.
Shortly after the siege, the DSS agents began breaking into his compound with a sledgehammer.
Incidentally, Mr. Dimgba was not at home at the time of the invasion.
Justice Dimgba has been known for his vocal criticism of DSS for violating rights of persons detained at its facility.
He had recently berated DSS for not presenting Air Commodore Umar Mohammed to his court for a scheduled hearing.
Also, the home of Supreme Court judge, Justice Sylvanus Ngwuta was also reported to be under DSS siege.
In another development, DSS, same day, arrested Justice Muazu Pindiga
Justice Pindiga was the former Chairman of the Rivers State Governorship petition tribunal.
He was arrested for alleged bribery and corruption.
However, Pindiga, our readers will remember, was the judge that exposed the flagrant abuse of office bt the DSS in the Rivers State Governorship petition tribunal.
The judge revealed how he was bribed, threatened and eventually removed as the chairman of the tribunal.
Pindiga recounted his experience at the tribunal.
He had said, "Two weeks before I was removed as chairman of the Tribunal, I got a call from an unknown number, asking for an appointment for us to meet in Kaduna. And I asked, what for?
And the caller said, it's on a need to know basis. That the details of the meeting would be made known to me in Kaduna. And I declined.
The next was a call from the DSS, saying they were all expecting me at meeting in Kaduna. And demanded why I turned down the appointment. And I said, I'm a chairman of a Tribunal, and do not have the luxury to attend meetings. Especially one without an agenda.