..Demand their immediate, unconditional release
The Democratic and Workers' Rights, CDWR, has decried the continued detention of Michael Adaramoye (Michael Lenin), Sodiq Mosiu and other #Endbadgovernance protesters, demanding for their immediate and unconditional release.
The rights group claimed their continued illegal and unjust incarceration without trial in the past three weeks by the government of President Bola Tinubu.
CWDR in a statement by National Publicity Secretary, Chinedu Bosah, said "The Nigerian Police and the Bola Tinubu-led regime are hell-bent on sustaining the incarceration of #EndBadGovernace protesters and activists. It is about three weeks and still counting, since Michael Adaramoye (Michael Lenin), Sodiq Mosiu and others have been illegally and unjustly detained by the Nigerian Police on the order of Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser to President Tinubu without trial.
The Nigerian Police have ensured that Michael Adaramoye and others are denied access to legal representation, and family members as they are kept incommunicado. The detainees are also held in deprivation of basic human needs like food, healthcare and essential housing materials like beds etc.
Due to the inhuman and deplorable conditions the detainees are subjected to, some of the detainees have fallen ill the government has denied them the right to medical treatment. The government will be held responsible if any of the detainees dies in detention.
"In furtherance of the incarceration, the Nigerian Police on Thursday, August 22, 2024, clandestinely procured a remand order at the Federal High Court Abuja to extend the unjust detention of the protesters by 60 days without their legal representatives. This underhand remand order further underscores the ongoing tyranny that has characterised the Tinubu government.
"The judiciary is used to enable the dictatorship of the Tinubu-led regime. Since the preparation for the #EndBadGovernance protest the government has used the judiciary across the country to undermine the constitutional and democratic rights of Nigerians to protest bad governance and anti-people policies peacefully. It is now a tradition for the government to secretly secure 'Black Market' injunctions and orders against workers, trade unions, and activists. We condemn this undemocratic and underhand tactics of the government.
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"In Nigeria, the corrupt capitalist ruling elite walks freely while innocent activists, trade unionists, socialists, and protesters are unlawfully victimised and attacked. We of the Campaign for Democratic and Workers' Rights (CDWR) reiterate our condemnation of the illegal and unjust incarceration of Michael Adaramoye, Mosiu Sodiq, Eleojo Opaluwa and others. We demand their immediate and unconditional release."
