Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has said there is no crime in flying Russian flags during protests.
Sowore insisted that it is not a treasonable offence.
According to him, Christian leaders fly Israeli flags in
churches, while a lot people fly Palestinian flags in solidarity with the
Palestinian struggle.
The statement comes on the heels of President Bola Tinubu’s
directive to security agencies to crack down on those flying Russian flags in
the country.
Gen Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff, made this
known on Monday while briefing State House correspondents after the National
Security Council meeting.
“We are warning in clear terms, and the president has also
said we should convey this: We will not accept anybody, any individual flying
any foreign flag in Nigeria.
“That is a treasonable offence, and it will be viewed and
treated as such. So, nobody should allow himself to be used by any individual,”
he said.
However, in a post on his X handle on Tuesday, Sowore
described the position of the military as diversionary, saying it’s to make
Nigerians forget the reason for the protest.
He said: “There is no crime flying Russian flags during
protests, it is not TREASON. Christian leaders fly Israeli flags in churches,
and lots of people fly Palestinian flags in solidarity with the Palestinian
struggle.
“This is completely diversionary so that Nigerians would
forget the reason there is an #EndBadGovernancelnNigeria revolt against the
@officialABAT regime.
“You’re all acting like you care about the Nigerian flag, if
so why did you ask the same @HQNigerianArmy to murder young Nigerians waving
flags and singing national anthem during the #EndSARS uprising in 2020? Bunch
of liars! #RevolutionNow.”
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is very wrong, your are protesting in your country and raising flag of another country and you say there is nothing wrong with that because Christian raised Israel flag when they bomb them and Muslim also raised Palestinian flag when they bombard them that is all solidarity for the countries but not you raising other country's flag to do what , to come to your rescue
ReplyDeleteIs he saying that if he ever becomes a president he will tolerate people raising Russian flags and asking Putin to come and take over his government? He is not being realistic or reasonable.
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