By Rotimi Durojaiye
Correspondent, Lagos

The alleged execution without due process is to be carried out with the active connivance of the Nigerian government, Keyamo alleged in an open letter to the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Anan.

He accused the Federal Government of planning to hand over the alleged coup plotters contrary to the Extradition Act 1966, now Cap 25 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

According to Keyamo, the Nigerian government on April 20 arrested some persons in Lagos, upon the suspicion that they were planning to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.

He listed them as Col. Ela Biban Florencio (rtd), Lt. Edu Nchama Antimo (rtd) and Mr. Felipe Ntutumu Esono Nzang.

The only Nigerian allegedly arrested in connection with the plot was Anthony Amechi Akaeke.

Keyamo explained that early in the year, Akaeke was allegedly contacted by someone, on behalf of the Equatorial Guineans to provide them with a crew boat to enable them carry workers from Boma in Kinshasa, Congo Democratic Republic, to work in the oil rig in Malabo and Batar in Equatorial Guinea.

“Upon provision of the boat, the Nigerian was allegedly conscripted into a coup plot, and he was allegedly asked to help them procure rocket launchers and grenades from the Nigerian military to use in overthrowing the government of Equatorial Guinea.

“The plot allegedly leaked when arrangements were on in one of the Lagos barracks to procure these materials. They were all arrested by the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) and later transferred to the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) from where they were later transferred to the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja,” the lawyer said.

He explained that after more than two months of harrowing detention and being held incommunicado, “we have been briefed that the Nigerian government has entered an agreement with the government of Equatorial Guinea to quietly hand-over these persons this week to be slaughtered in Equatorial Guinea”.