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Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore stated that the administration led by President Bola Tinubu should anticipate more protests and pushback following his recent detention upon arrival from Lagos.
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Sowore was detained at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday, September 15 by the Nigerian Immigration Service.
He shared details of his detention in a post on X.
“I had just arrived in Nigeria from the USA at MMIA in Lagos; upon reaching Nigerian Immigration, my passport was seized, and they informed me that they had orders to detain me. This was not unexpected, as I have always known that it is part of the broader clampdown by the fascist @officialAbat regime on dissent and their fear of the upcoming #FearlessINOctober revolt,” he wrote.
He was released shortly after his arrest as his supporters gathered at the airport to protest his detention.
During an interview on Arise TV later on Sunday, Sowore discussed the planned “FearlessInOctober” protest set to begin on October 1, 2024.
He explained that the protest was “part of a series of protests organized by Nigerians. We began on August 1, which was part of the ‘End Bad Governance’ protest. It was meant to be a continuation.”
“There were 15 demands that the government did not even attend to. Instead of that, the Federal Government arrested and detained a lot of people. They tied them with bogus offences, very outrageous offences of treason – for carrying placards.
“So, this is going to be a continuation of that.”
He said the mobilisation for the October action had been on since the end of the #Endbadgovernnance protest which was held in August.
“Everybody is aware, the government is aware of this. Everybody is looking forward to it because it’s a matter of right that Nigerians have to not allow this government to obliterate them with hunger, starvation, and incompetence,” he said
He added that he had no fear of arrest or being charged.
“It is treason to arrest, detain, and forcibly charge citizens with crimes that the government committed. And it’s not the first time I was accused of treason. In fact, I heard about the offence of treason in 1992 at the University of Lagos when we went and did Babangida Must Go. And the police arrested us at Western Avenue Police Station, asked us to start writing statements under duress, and said that we wanted to overthrow the government. That was the period that Olusegun Mayegun was President of NANS.
“I was charged with treason in 2019 by Buhari, so I’m not new to these bogus offences of treason. But that is not our focus. Our focus is that we have a country to liberate and a people to save. So whatever offences are thrown our way, we should not be discouraged. It’s up to the people to determine what constitutes the offence of treason. And I must say to you also that in 1994, Tinubu was accused of treason.
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If you remember when he was accused of bombing the Ejigbo depot by Abacha. So that was why he left Nigeria on exile. But in our case, we are not going to go on exile simply because the government is afraid of our package,” Sowore added.▶For. More. READ. THE FULL. STORY.▶▶
