The Nigeria Police force and other security agencies have sealed off the offices of CDHR and Sahara Reporters in an attempt to stop the planned protest scheduled to hold this morning.
Co-convener, Coalition for Revolution, CORE, Olaseni Ajai described the action as “another desperate attempt to forcefully stop planned peaceful agitation against detention of activists without trial scheduled to start by 11am this morning.”
Ajai lamented that the actions proved that the right to speech, associate, protest and even to think are no more guaranteed under the present administration.
He said, “the CDHR is a human rights organization and the Sahara Reporters is a media agency. That their offices could be invaded and sealed in this Gestapo like manner this morning in anticipation of protest, only confirms that the civil rights fought for over the years are crudely been removed by Buhari’s APC government.
“However, our agitation for the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore, Agba Jalingo, Abayomi Olawale (Mandate) and all others currently being held in Buhari detention centres, and for the revolutionary transformation of the country continues.”