A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations, known as
Concerned Civil Society Groups (CCSG), on Monday, stormed the premises of the
American and United Kingdom Embassies in Abuja, protesting the continued
detention of a Human Rights Activist, Deji Adeyanju.
The protesters said Adeyanju has been in detention in Kano
for 52 days illegally, insisting all stakeholders should prevail on the All
Progressives Congress (APC)-led government for his unconditional release.
The protesters, led by Coordinator of Coalition in Defence
of Nigerian Democracy, Ariyo-Dare Atoye and Co-Convener, Free Nigeria Movement,
Raphael Adebayo were carrying placards with different inscriptions such as
“tyranny thrives when the majority are cowed”, “democracy under threat,” among
others.
Addressing the groups and journalists, Atoye said Nigerian
youths played key roles in the enthronement of President Muhammadu Buhari
government and are committed to bringing the government down, following the alleged
“new wave of tyranny, disregard for democratic institutions and the use of
executive fiat to engage in illegalities without regard to the rule of law.”
He said: “Our fellow Comrade has been unlawfully detained in
Central Kano Prison for the past 52 days with limited access to family and
associates. And all efforts to recall the regime of the day from this blatant
assault on human rights and free speech has proved abortive.
“The family and associates of our fellow Comrade fear that a
plot may be in the offing to eliminate him as we have seen in recent times in
Nigeria – of cases and instances where suspects died mysteriously in Police
custody without any autopsy or forensic investigation carried out on their
behalf.
“Fellow Comrades of Deji Adeyanju in the civil society fear
that this is a conspiracy to not only take him to a location beyond our reach –
since we all reside within Abuja – but to also execute a wicked plot to put him
out of circulation indefinitely.”
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