Okoroawusa:

Then you r not ready... just air your view n go n sit down. Stop saying things you can't do on social media

thesolutions:
Friday. The judge tried. Some judges would have adjourn bail hearing till December to make sure he is punished for saying rubbish and acting silly.

TheGoodJoe:


Crap. After all you have read, you still type the bolded.

Leading a revolutionary protest is not a crime.

SoNature:
I wish he hadn't contested for presidential election...his struggle would have made more sense.

mu2sa2:
Long spell in prison is the baptism of fire for revolutionaries, which sowore is or aspires to be. I dont know why sowore is fighting tooth and nail to be out of detention. Mandela left prison after 27 years to be president. I can bet it that if sowore spent half of that time in prison he will come out and effortlessly win any election in nigeria. So, sowore should stop applying for bail if he is truly a revolutionary and not a noicemaker. I think Pmb is even helping sowore by arranging him in court.

TheGoodJoe:


Sowore said “I would like to assure everyone that I am being treated well and in very good health.

“I am pleased that the peaceful #RevolutionNow protests went ahead.

“However, knowledge of the sheer number of innocent Nigerians being arrested for exercising their civil rights bothers me.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2019/08/omoyele-sowore-i-am-pleased-that-the-peaceful-revolution-now-protests-went-ahead/amp/

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When you start your statement with an abuse, it shows you are about to talk off point.

Neoteny:




http://saharareporters.com/2019/08/14/sowore-only-revolution-can-usher-genuine-democracy-nigeria


There's nothing in that interview about peaceful revolution, but there's a lot about "Buhari must go".

He used Sudan as an example, which was a revolution not against legitimate civilian government, but against a military dictatorship hell-bent on hijacking the democratic process for its political gain. And that protest became violent.

So the question is: why is Sowore using the example of Sudan targeted at an illegitimate usurper to remove a validly elected civilian regime? There's no country where anyone will wake up and talk about removing a sitting elected civilian administration, peaceful or otherwise, and not be arrested and jailed for it. The only institutions allowed to change governments are elections, and the congress if the conditions exist for congress to remove the president.

So your local Che Guevara is a perfect candidate for the gulag.

slimfit1:
Sowore is might an easy target the next person won't be warning you from DSS sha bi

thesolutions:

According to you.

Sowore is not the only Nigerian victimized by the government. how many of them have you protested for.

TheGoodJoe:


What you posted here did not show Sowore calling for a violent protest. He gave an example of a dictator which Buhari is. Even though it is clothe with democracy falling by a peaceful protest.

Unless calling for Buhari to step down means violent, I do not get your point.

I have posted links of even democratic government falling from protests. So please, tell me the crime of Sowore.

RedEagle:
Sad. But when Sowore was supporting such strong arm tactics against others, we warned that the beast they are encouraging will swallow them.

Let other supporters of this be warned. More of this will happen as 2023 approaches.

Neoteny:


He called for a revolution against a validly elected government.

If he believes the government is dictatorial or unfit to rule then he could write to his representative in NASS to take action, or sue the government for infringement of his rights.

There's a limit to how far one can take one's grievance against an elected administration, and the laws of sedition and insurrection apply when one calls for the removal of that administration, or even organizes any movement calculated to disrupt and dislodge that elected administration.

The issue of violence is immaterial to this discussion. Peaceful protests are allowed, calls for revolution are not. Protests pass a message, revolutions actively seek to remove.

Your misplaced empathy is clouding your judgment...if you have any capacity to judge, that is.

Neoteny:


He called for a revolution against a validly elected government.

If he believes the government is dictatorial or unfit to rule then he could write to his representative in NASS to take action, or sue the government for infringement of his rights.

There's a limit to how far one can take one's grievance against an elected administration, and the laws of sedition and insurrection apply when one calls for the removal of that administration, or even organizes any movement calculated to disrupt and dislodge that elected administration.

The issue of violence is immaterial to this discussion. Peaceful protests are allowed, calls for revolution are not. Protests pass a message, revolutions actively seek to remove.

Your misplaced empathy is clouding your judgment...if you have any capacity to judge, that is.

Neoteny:


He called for a revolution against a validly elected government.

If he believes the government is dictatorial or unfit to rule then he could write to his representative in NASS to take action, or sue the government for infringement of his rights.

There's a limit to how far one can take one's grievance against an elected administration, and the laws of sedition and insurrection apply when one calls for the removal of that administration, or even organizes any movement calculated to disrupt and dislodge that elected administration.

The issue of violence is immaterial to this discussion. Peaceful protests are allowed, calls for revolution are not. Protests pass a message, revolutions actively seek to remove.

Your misplaced empathy is clouding your judgment...if you have any capacity to judge, that is.

TheGoodJoe:


Why? Why can't someone who contested an election lead a protest against a corrupt and evil government.

The election is still in line with the fight to change the corrupt government destroying the country further.

Godoverevery:
some people won't like D's....sowore maybe doing what is right but one thing is I can never like is personality......for me is a male version of tacha.

Urchman200:
y don't u go to prison so that u can become governor.nonsense

SoNature:


The reason is that it paints him as a sour loser, who wants to ruin the government because he couldn't win the election.

You don't revolt against a government you couldn't beat at the polls.

By contesting, he is more of a politician than an activist.

This is common sense.

TheGoodJoe:



This study examines experiences from the Americas (Brazil and Guatemala), Africa (Burkina Faso and South Africa), Europe (Romania), the Middle East (Lebanon), and East Asia (South Korea). Each case has involved street demonstrations described as historic in size and spread, and often in duration.

Many of them have delivered significant results—in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, and South Korea, they helped unseat presidents and other top officials and subject them to criminal proceedings.


https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/04/12/fighting-hydra-lessons-from-worldwide-protests-against-corruption-pub-76036

Please, no crime committed.

TheGoodJoe:


EU Reacts To Sowore's Arrest, Supports Peaceful Protests

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“The European Union stands firm on the principles of freedom of speech and our fundamental values. Of course, it is important in any democratic society for people to be able to participate."

http://saharareporters.com/2019/08/08/eu-reacts-sowores-arrest-supports-peaceful-protests

TheGoodJoe:


A nonviolent revolution is a revolution using mostly campaigns with civil resistance, including various forms of nonviolent protest, to bring about the departure of governments seen as entrenched and authoritarian.

Did you read this at all? What Sowore did is not against the constitution or international practices. So talking empathy and cloud judgement does not change the fact.

Neoteny:


The onus is on you to prove he called for a "peaceful protest", or where he he says his protest was non-violent.

And i can point you to a million articles where he said Buhari must go, and his aim is to remove buhari. How does he intend to do that? With a revolution!

Also, the onus is on you to prove that a private citizen has the right to remove a sitting elected president.

Neoteny:



You don't even read what you copy and paste.

Read: "Street Protests"

What Sowore called his movement was "RevolutionNow"

Revolution and street protest are NOT the same thing. You think words don't matter, legally?

Everyone has the right to protest....no one has one to remove a sitting and elected government.

If you believe Sowore or anyone else has the right to actively plan for the removal of an elected government then show me where that right is codified.

Thegoodone13:
I don't understand again ooo. Ist not the same court that grant him bail before? Calling for revolution is very bad.

Neoteny:


Yet again..."peaceful protest"

Sowore was arrested for calling for a "revolution". Not a "protest"

asanwafo:
That is why u don't just open ur mouth and talk trash cos as far as legal issues are concern, u are a novice.

TheGoodJoe:


Did you read what you quoted or just yapping?

Many of them have delivered significant results—in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, and South Korea, they helped unseat presidents and other top officials and subject them to criminal proceedings.


https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/04/12/fighting-hydra-lessons-from-worldwide-protests-against-corruption-pub-76036

Read the bolded and enlighten yourself. These protesters committed no crime.

mu2sa2:
Long spell in prison is the baptism of fire for revolutionaries, which sowore is or aspires to be. I dont know why sowore is fighting tooth and nail to be out of detention. Mandela left prison after 27 years to be president. I can bet it that if sowore spent half of that time in prison he will come out and effortlessly win any election in nigeria. So, sowore should stop applying for bail if he is truly a revolutionary and not a noicemaker. I think Pmb is even helping sowore by arranging him in court.

thesolutions:
Friday. The judge tried. Some judges would have adjourn bail hearing till December to make sure he is punished for saying rubbish and acting silly.