madridsta007:



I am a very objective person and take out emotions from my statements- something you clearly struggle to do.

In my option, Sowore is clearly being held accountable to his role in installing the most despotic regime currently in West Africa and certainly in Nigeria since the return to democracy. An accountability, that everyone who participated in this despotism, yourself included, would "enjoy" at some point in this life.

HOWEVER, the rule of law transcends my opinion that he be held accountable to this deed. The rule of law is enforced by the courts or, at least, works hand-in-hand. As the courts have ruled that he be released, and [b]as he has met his bail terms, he SHOULD BE RELEASED.
Pathetic[/b]

shogsman:


There is no sense in what you just said,it’s not a must to comment if you don’t have anything tangible to say.

Neurotika:


You're still missing the point. How do you hold an investigative journalist 'accountable' for speaking against the ills of an administration. Especially when this same Journalist has been consistent in criticizing regimes preceding the one you have a disturbing nostalgia for? And even gone to Jail severally for such criticisms.

Every sane country knows the importance of opposition especially in the Journalism industry because it's a potent tool to ensure there are adequate checks and balances.

What is wrong with everyone in this country? Suddenly almost everyone is incapable of stringing together a submission rich in sound logic and common sense anymore.

omenka:
Sowore, but you were out to destroy and remove a democratically and constitutionally established government.

Tom1999:
Sowore is the Jesus Christ of Nazareth for the Nigerian people but as Baba Fela don sing song sing sung “Overtake don Overtake” a song pregnant with meaning & prophecy. ok

If you are a Nigerian and you don’t support Sowore please put your hand up.......
Ok use that hand to give yourself a knock on the head.
I will ask you to do that until your brain reset and loads properly and see that this BuhAri regime is a military dictatorship. Democracy is dead

madridsta007:


This fellow here clearly epitomises the reason for the lawlessness in most so-called demicracies in the Global North. The justification of lawlessness over the rule of law by the led.

You think the CIA and the FBI do not know who the whistleblower is? Of course they do. I am sure you know this anyway. However, despite Trump's name calling of the whisteblower, the opposite has happened. Impeachment proceedings have started as led by the House.
This is the rule of law, my friend. I am sure you know this, but hey, you prefer lawlessness for the black man. Is it that you hate the black man so much?

Forgive me for digressing. Your justification of lawlessness- quite clearly, despite the obfuscating nuances you've tried to mask them with, is the problem with Nigeria and Africa's fledging democracies. You are one of the reasons why many believe that the white man is a different mental and superior breed to the black man.

foolbuster:


And how is it a crime if what happened in the Arab uprising happens here? What is democracy? Please dont support nonsense.



Correct man.

Fountainofyouth:
As much as I dislike this government and the calamity in Ask Rock/london, Sowore deserves all that is been done to him and much more, he is part of those that brought in this government so he should continue to eat the bitter food he cooked and served himself.

jaytee01:
And you believe that you are making sense?

lilwetdick:
sowore aka sowere is an idiot.

he is no freedom fighter, he is just disturbing the peace, nothing he says is relevant

this is the man that contested for election and lost woefully then wants a revolution because he didnt win

FrLukas:
Public Service Announcement,!!

If you are ever thinking or dreaming of standing up for the ordinary Nigerian people. If you love yourself, DON'T.

Go through this thread and see the various reasons why you shouldn't.

johnanO:


Yes. Scary thought!

It is worth pointing out that the Executive arm of government (including the DSS) is way too powerful. They have the audacity to disobey the courts. That simply means we don't have a judiciary and therefore, we are in trouble, of sorts.

There is no such thing as an isolated incident in politics or government. This is a habit.

We need reforms to the structure of government and I'm not taking about secession.

Realdeals:
Detained social activist, publisher and politician, Omoyele Sowore, has spoken out from the custody of the State Security Service, telling PREMIUM TIMES he is being held as part of a grand scheme by the Buhari administration to shut down Nigeria’s civic space.

Mr Sowore called a PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter on Thursday afternoon, in a rare move to directly send out a message to the public.

It was a message of courage, defiance and hope for both his teeming supporters and the Nigerian downtrodden people.

The Sahara Reporters’ publisher said he would remain undeterred by the controversial tactics of the current government, which have seen him held in perpetual custody against the order of a federal judge.

Mr Sowore, a former student union activist who confronted military regimes and went to jail for it, was arrested in August in connection with his #RevolutionNow campaign — a series of nationwide protests he had planned with other activists to demand a better Nigeria.
The protests were planned to commence on August 5 across 21 towns and cities, with public awareness escalating as the day drew closer.

But suddenly on August 3, armed SSS officers broke into an apartment Mr Sowore was occupying with some of his closest associates in Lagos. He was taken away in the midnight raid that was captured by security cameras.
The arrest elicited outrage from Nigerians, with many slamming the SSS’ brutal tactics as yet another state-sponsored violence against unarmed citizens.

Members of the movement also warned that Mr Sowore’s detention — which they deemed illegal and unwarranted — would bolster rather than dampen a wave of resistance to decades of bad governance that many believed had worsened under President Muhammadu Buhari.

Grand plot thwarted
Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES from custody, Mr Sowore said the demand for his sureties was an attempt to intimidate them into pulling out.

“Their aim is to intimidate my sureties by subjecting them to undue maltreatment,” Mr Sowore said. “It is part of a grand plot to hold me hostage because they have failed to find anything illegal to pin on me.”

“But we know what they want to do and we will not allow it to happen,” he added.

Although the SSS has repeatedly asserted its respect for the Nigerian judicial and the rule of law in general, the agency has a history of repression, violation of citizens’ rights and disobedience of court decisions.

SSS was the agency at the heart of most allegations of attacks on Nigerians during the brutal military eras of Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha. Several Nigerians were jailed, physically attacked or killed as Mr Abacha moved to clear all obstacles to his authoritarian regime.

Despite attempts to reform the agency as Nigeria attained democracy in 1999, critics say the SSS, founded in 1986, has remained wedded to its brutal and anti-democratic past.

Hale, hearty
Mr Sowore lamented that he had “not seen sunshine since he was detained except when taken to court.” Only three people have been allowed to see him since August 3, which includes his lawyers and the person responsible for his feeding.

Even though Mr Sowore said he cannot wait to reunite with his associates and loved ones, he said he had come to a fresh realisation that the SSS would continue to disregard court pronouncements and would not release him anytime soon.

“Last night, they gave us phones and cable TV,” Mr Sowore said. “This indicates that they have no intention of complying with court orders to release me anytime soon.’’

Mr Sowore said he will continue to fight for the downtrodden, and wanted the world to know that the Buhari administration has been stifling civil liberties in Nigeria.

“The world should know that I remain unbroken and in high spirits,” Mr Sowore said. “I will continue to fight for the Nigerian people, ensure that the people are not shortchanged and corruption is driven underground.”

“I will continue to stand up for the downtrodden,” he said.

Mr Sowore said all those who support him should not be discouraged because the masses will prevail in the battle against anti-democratic forces.

“The ultimate mission is to intimidate all critical voices and shut down the nation’s civic space,” Mr Sowore said. “But this will not happen and we shall overcome.”

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/363012-sowore-speaks-from-custody-says-buhari-out-to-destroy-civic-space.html

Realdeals:
Detained social activist, publisher and politician, Omoyele Sowore, has spoken out from the custody of the State Security Service, telling PREMIUM TIMES he is being held as part of a grand scheme by the Buhari administration to shut down Nigeria’s civic space.

Mr Sowore called a PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter on Thursday afternoon, in a rare move to directly send out a message to the public.

It was a message of courage, defiance and hope for both his teeming supporters and the Nigerian downtrodden people.

The Sahara Reporters’ publisher said he would remain undeterred by the controversial tactics of the current government, which have seen him held in perpetual custody against the order of a federal judge.

Mr Sowore, a former student union activist who confronted military regimes and went to jail for it, was arrested in August in connection with his #RevolutionNow campaign — a series of nationwide protests he had planned with other activists to demand a better Nigeria.
The protests were planned to commence on August 5 across 21 towns and cities, with public awareness escalating as the day drew closer.

But suddenly on August 3, armed SSS officers broke into an apartment Mr Sowore was occupying with some of his closest associates in Lagos. He was taken away in the midnight raid that was captured by security cameras.
The arrest elicited outrage from Nigerians, with many slamming the SSS’ brutal tactics as yet another state-sponsored violence against unarmed citizens.

Members of the movement also warned that Mr Sowore’s detention — which they deemed illegal and unwarranted — would bolster rather than dampen a wave of resistance to decades of bad governance that many believed had worsened under President Muhammadu Buhari.

Grand plot thwarted
Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES from custody, Mr Sowore said the demand for his sureties was an attempt to intimidate them into pulling out.

“Their aim is to intimidate my sureties by subjecting them to undue maltreatment,” Mr Sowore said. “It is part of a grand plot to hold me hostage because they have failed to find anything illegal to pin on me.”

“But we know what they want to do and we will not allow it to happen,” he added.

Although the SSS has repeatedly asserted its respect for the Nigerian judicial and the rule of law in general, the agency has a history of repression, violation of citizens’ rights and disobedience of court decisions.

SSS was the agency at the heart of most allegations of attacks on Nigerians during the brutal military eras of Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha. Several Nigerians were jailed, physically attacked or killed as Mr Abacha moved to clear all obstacles to his authoritarian regime.

Despite attempts to reform the agency as Nigeria attained democracy in 1999, critics say the SSS, founded in 1986, has remained wedded to its brutal and anti-democratic past.

Hale, hearty
Mr Sowore lamented that he had “not seen sunshine since he was detained except when taken to court.” Only three people have been allowed to see him since August 3, which includes his lawyers and the person responsible for his feeding.

Even though Mr Sowore said he cannot wait to reunite with his associates and loved ones, he said he had come to a fresh realisation that the SSS would continue to disregard court pronouncements and would not release him anytime soon.

“Last night, they gave us phones and cable TV,” Mr Sowore said. “This indicates that they have no intention of complying with court orders to release me anytime soon.’’

Mr Sowore said he will continue to fight for the downtrodden, and wanted the world to know that the Buhari administration has been stifling civil liberties in Nigeria.

“The world should know that I remain unbroken and in high spirits,” Mr Sowore said. “I will continue to fight for the Nigerian people, ensure that the people are not shortchanged and corruption is driven underground.”

“I will continue to stand up for the downtrodden,” he said.

Mr Sowore said all those who support him should not be discouraged because the masses will prevail in the battle against anti-democratic forces.

“The ultimate mission is to intimidate all critical voices and shut down the nation’s civic space,” Mr Sowore said. “But this will not happen and we shall overcome.”

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/363012-sowore-speaks-from-custody-says-buhari-out-to-destroy-civic-space.html

omenka:
Imagine the trash a human could spew. Arab uprising indeed. Very sure you're one ignorant little kid who doesn't even know the implication of what you just typed.

How has the Arab Spring helped anybody? I'm sure you have no idea ISIS is a direct consequence of that. I'm sure you're not aware Boko Haram has hugely benefited from that. I'm sure you're not aware what has become of Libya, Syria, Lebanon, etc are a direct consequence of that.

Exactly what good has that done to the world? Is the world better off with the Arab Spring or worse off?

Una go just borrow phone, borrow date, then sit down dey type rubbish.

Wonder why I'm even talking to you.

ultimatekint:
You are a complete fool. Go and add another charge now.

Realdeals:
I have said it several times it is difficult to fight a man whose conviction for a struggle is based on a failed system, Sowore requires No Pity.

airbrush:


when sowore was collecting money from APC in 2015 did he know that he will be here today?
na stupidity dey make BMO members feels smart as them dey collect stipends today remember sowore was collecting same yesterday
and tomorrow you go there where he is now

just relax

ednut1:
Shebi GEJ is the worst president. U never see something. 2023 no far again

omenka:
Imagine the trash a human could spew. Arab uprising indeed. Very sure you're one ignorant little kid who doesn't even know the implication of what you just typed.

How has the Arab Spring helped anybody? I'm sure you have no idea ISIS is a direct consequence of that. I'm sure you're not aware Boko Haram has hugely benefited from that. I'm sure you're not aware what has become of Libya, Syria, Lebanon, etc are a direct consequence of that.

Exactly what good has that done to the world? Is the world better off with the Arab Spring or worse off?

Una go just borrow phone, borrow date, then sit down dey type rubbish.

Wonder why I'm even talking to you.