Sadiq Bello, commissioner of
police in the FCT, disclosed this on Friday after Deji Adeyanju, an activist,
was arrested for allegedly inciting
civil unrest.
He was released at 3: 20pm
following the intervention of Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, who is
the leader of OurMumuDonDo Movement.
Civil rights groups like the
Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement and Our Mumu Don Do, usually hold protests
at the Unity Fountain.
BBOG members had converged on the
fountain on Friday to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the abduction of
Chibok schoolgirls but the police disrupted the programme.
In a series of tweets on Friday,
Oby Ezekwesili, leader of the movement, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to
call Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police to order.
Ezekwesili accused the police of
infringing on the rights of the protesters.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 13, 2018
Can the .@AsoRock @NGRPresident @MBuhari please ASK the IG @PoliceNG to please vacate the location of our DAILY SIT OUT for OUR #ChibokGirls?
ASK the officers of @PoliceNG to immediately RETURN our SEATS that they have carted away.
Pls RETWEET. pic.twitter.com/X3PjohKY5S
It is UNFORGIVABLE that OUR Movement keeps being HARASSED for advocating for abducted girls who are our fellow citizens even just a few hours to heartbreaking FOUR YEARS of their CAPTIVITY.— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 13, 2018
The DUTY @MBuhari as C-in-C owes OUR #Chibokgirls is JUSTICE OF RESCUE.#StopThisNow!!!
NO, .@NGRPresident— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 13, 2018
NO, .@MBuhari
NO, @AsoRock
NO, @PoliceNG
YOU have NO RIGHT under our Democracy to infringe on Citizens’ Constitutional Freedoms of Expression, Association & Peaceful Assembly.
Return our SEATS.
Send your officers to find the Killer Herdsmen. #StopItNOW!
But your Sit-Outs and marches at the Unity Fountain have been peaceful. So what does it mean that “government is uncomfortable” peaceful protest by citizens in a Democratic Nigeria?— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 13, 2018
I hope the .@AsoRock knows that this won’t work.
WE, Citizens SHALL DEFEND our Rights. #BBOG! https://t.co/SdjllfiHJz
More to follow...
Where is dis mumu munzali why are u not commenting on these harrassment of peaceful assembly?. Your heart is so feeled with sentiment.
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