– Amnesty International Nigeria has on accused federal government of attempting to deprive Omoyele Sowore of his inalienable rights as a citizen
– Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters, Sowore had in August planned to stage a protest tagged, #RevolutionNow which was physically muffled by security agencies
– The organization also condemned the bizarre charges pressed on activist Omoyele Sowore for expressing his views in media interviews
Following the murky charges slammed against the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, Amnesty International Nigeria has on Saturday accused Nigerian authorities of attempting to deprive Sowore of his inalienable rights as a citizen.
Amnesty Int. a global movement of more than 7 million people, well known for its fight for freedom, justice and equality, condemned the charges and described such as a ‘misuse of the criminal system to silence dissent’.
Recall that Sowore had in August planned to stage a protest tagged, #RevolutionNow which was physically muffled by security agencies.
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He was arrested by the Department of state services, DSS, and was taken to Abuja. He was accused by the federal government of trying to oust President Muhammadu Buhari, who is democratically elected as the president of Nigeria in the February 23, 2019 presidential election.
Sowore who’s active participation in several protests against Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was applauded, came on Thursday and was slammed seven-count charges on money laundering and conspiracy aimed at removing the President and Commander –in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria during his term of office.
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In view of the above charges, Amnesty International via its twitter handle wrote the following “Amnesty International condemns the bizarre charges pressed on activist Omoyele Sowore for expressing his views in media interviews.
The trumped up charges he is facing show an attempt by the Nigerian authorities to deprive him of his human rights.
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