A former Minister of Education,
Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to ban on protests and rallies at the Unity Fountain
Abuja by the FCT police command
Recall that the
police had tear-gassed and arrested popular rights activist, Deji Adeyanju at
the Unity Fountain on Friday during the #Free El-Zakzaky protest.
In a series of tweets, Mrs
Ezekwesili, who also led members of the “Bring Back Our Girls” group for a
sit-out at the fountain to commemorate the 4th anniversary of their abduction,
asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector-General
of Police, to order.
She said rather than asking them
to infringe on the rights of citizens to hold peaceful assembly, the police
ought to be ordered to go after those responsible for killings across the
country.
She wrote: “Public Service
Announcement. 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.
“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?
“I hope the .@AsoRock knows that
this won’t work.
“We, citizens SHALL DEFEND our
Rights. #BBOG!”
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