Editorial Times | Lagos



Punch Newspaper has come out to protest the continued detention of Mr. Sowore by the Nigerian authorities. 
It said, "Henceforth, all its publishing platforms will continue to refer to president Muhammadu Buhari as General Muhammadu Buhari and will also continue to refer to his administration as a regime until the present government changes its ways".

Responding to the publication, Mr. Adesina published a post on his Facebook page with the title;

ANOTHER TESTIMONY TO PRESS FREEDOM IN NIGERIA, BY PRESIDENCY

It reads:

"A newspaper says it will henceforth address President Muhammadu Buhari by his military rank of Major General. Nothing untoward in it. It is a rank the President attained by dint of hard work before he retired from the Nigerian Army. And today, constitutionally, he’s also Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

All over the world, just as in our country, a large number of retired military officers are now democrats. It does not make those who didn’t pass through military service better democrats than them.

Rather than being pejorative, addressing President Buhari by his military rank is another testimony to free speech and freedom of the press, which this administration (or regime, if anyone prefers: it’s a matter of semantics) has pledged to uphold and preserve.

Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
December 11, 2019".

Mr. Sowore, despite court orders, was rearrested by the Nigerian authorities during court proceeding in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.
A move the judiciary has since condemned. It is unclear whether the DSS will charge Sowore to court soon.

http://www.editorialtimes.com/femi-adesina-replies-punch-newspaper-its-another-testimony-to-press-freedom-in-nigeria/

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