The NUPL said that while the petition is pending, their members continue to face threats to life, liberty and security committed by the respondents, state agents, their proxies, enablers and supporters in different forms and platforms.
"To indict the 16 individuals merely on the basis of unvetted or still to be clarified statements, without strong documentary or object proof, is to act on rumors. No less than the Department of Justice is expected to heed the principles of justice, truth and fairness in the conduct of its duty to the public which it has sworn to serve."
The lawyers said that to indict the 16 individuals based on “unvetted or still to be clarified statements is to act on rumors." “No less than the Department of Justice (DOJ) is expected to heed the principles of justice, truth and fairness in the conduct of its duty to the public which it has sworn to serve,” they said.