Nigeria: No Political Prisoner in Nigeria, Buhari Support Group Insists

9 August 2019

Abuja — Against the backdrop of the continued detention of the Publisher of an online news medium, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, who is also the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has said there's no political prisoner in Nigeria.

The Buhari supporters' group was reacting to the statement from the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, who called on President Muhammadu Buhari to release all political prisoners in the country and follow due process in prosecuting them in court of law.

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