**Abuja, Nigeria** – Na wah! Former presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, don dey shout say police no suppose dey use dem power like say dem get personal grudge against Omoyele Sowore. As e go, dem arrest this our activist and publisher, wey everybody know well, and the way dem take do am no sweet at all.
Atiku, for im Facebook, yarn say Sowore’s only crime na to talk against injustice and wahala wey dey happen for di country. According to im, police action na shameful abuse of power, and e dey smell like personal vendetta instead of proper policing. You fit just imagine, di guy go police to respond to their invitation, and wetin dem give am? Small pepper!
Na So Sowore take land for police custody on August 6, and di next thing wey happen na serious wahala. Him lawyer, Tope Temokun, don come outside talk say dem treat Sowore like animal, even claim say dem move am from one police location to another like say e be bad belle.
For di statement wey Atiku drop, e remind di police wey wetin dem dey do no dey follow di law. E come mention Nigeria Police Regulation 367 wey gree say police no suppose dey start any legal action because of personal interest. Wetin you talk? E be like say dem dey carry their own wahala enter di matter.
“This no be about Sowore alone. If dem fit do am like this, who safe for dis Nigeria? Journalist, activist, or even your padi wey dey always tell you about di latest gist?” Atiku ask. E no dey pretend say e no know. E demand say dem go release Sowore sharp-sharp, and make dem stop all dis intimidation wahala before e go turn fire for dem.”
Joe Ajaero, di president of National Labour Congress (NLC), self don join di chorus of condemnation. E say di way dem dey treat Sowore na violation of him constitutional rights. Dem say make law dem, but make no be like say dem dey fight person. If dem no likey wetin him dey talk? Na court dem suppose carry am go, not all dis brutal show.
Ajaero talk say freedom of speech dey guarantee for di constitution. “If we keep quiet, na we go dey give dem power to do as dem like. And trust me, if comot di activist today, tomorrow them fit come after journalist, unionist, or even ordinary citizens, who sabi!” E no dey joke.
Di worry for di human rights bodies dey increase as Amnesty International don raise alarm about di treatment. Dem talk say di police don beat Sowore well well, and for dis case, time don reach make dem release am without any condition. As e be now, di Nigeria police don dey dig dem own grave, and no body go fit cover am.
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