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US Senator Warns President Buhari Over Sowore, Says The World Is Watching by Nobody: 4:54pm On Dec 07, 2019
http://www.politico.ng/us-senator-warns-president-buhari-over-sowore-says-the-world-is-watching/


US Senator and a member of the senate foreign relations committee, Robert Menendez has warned Nigerian government on the way it is handling the issue of convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, saying that America and the world are watching.
On Friday, DSS operatives rearrested Sowore and Olawale Bakare, an activist, at the federal high court in Abuja, less than 24 hours after they were released on the orders of the court.
Menendez said it seems President Muhammadu Buhari is not aware of what the secret police is “doing in his name”.
“The United States is watching and the world is watching. I fear that the blatant harassment of Mr Omoyele Sowore, an activist and journalist whose only crime appears to be exercising his right to free expression, is becoming symptomatic of increasingly closing political and civic space in Nigeria.
“The Nigerian court has twice ordered his release on bail. And the state security agencies openly defied the court order each time leaving me to conclude that either Nigeria no longer respects the rule of law or President Buhari is woefully out of touch with what agents of his governments are doing in his name.
“This is unacceptable in a country that calls itself a democracy. Journalists who risk their lives to expose the truth should be celebrated, not incarcerated.
“It is unacceptable to that the husband and father of a US citizen with such blatant cruelty. Today, my office contacted our ambassador in Nigeria in an effort to obtain answers on what actions the United States is taking on the Sowore family’s behalf.
“In the next several days, I’ll continue to engage with the states department in Washington to ascertain the impart of what the arrest of Mr Sowore and other activists and journalists will have on our relationship with Nigeria. My hope is that the bilateral relationship we have with Nigeria will be reassessed in light of these events,” Menendez said in a statement.

Re: US Senator Warns President Buhari Over Sowore, Says The World Is Watching by OgbeniOja1: 5:07pm On Dec 07, 2019
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Re: US Senator Warns President Buhari Over Sowore, Says The World Is Watching by StillX10(m): 6:04pm On Dec 07, 2019
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