The Nigeria police have released the
former Head of New Media for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Convener of
pro-democracy and good governance group, Concerned Nigerians, Prince Deji
Adeyanju and his co-detainee, Brian Jonah Dennis who were picked by the
security operatives earlier this morning for staging a peaceful protest against
the federal government’s insistence that the leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu be tried secretly.
Adeyanju who, shortly after his
release, spoke with Vanguard, said he was arrested by the police and threatened
again but he told them that he was not going to stop the peaceful protests
against injustice and breaking of the constitution. “Released, I have told them
that the protests will continue. We will not STOP and we will not be cowed.”
“We will announce a new date for the #SayNoToSecretTrial. On Monday we will do
#FreeAustinOkai and #FreeKemiOlunloyo.”
Adeyanju however thanked all those
who voiced out for his release. Recall that a short while after his arrest,
several activists and a coalition of human right groups under the Movement for
the Advancement of National Transformation (MANTRA), called for his immediate
release. The Convener of MANTRA, Comrade Jude Ndukwe had equally ordered for
his release failure of which it promised legal actions against the Nigerian
police.
Recall also that Prince Adeyanju
had, yesterday, alleged that he received life threats from the security
operatives comprising the Police, the army and the men of the Department of
State Security Services, DSS after he was invited and persuaded to step-down
the planned peaceful protest against the federal government’s insistence of a
secret trial for the Biafran group leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
According to him, “Just got out of a
1-hour meeting with Commissioner of Police of FCT. In attendance was a Director
of DSS and Brigade Commander of the Army. “They said there’s security concerns
over our rallies: #SayNoToSecretTrial of Nnamdi Kanu #FreeZakZakky “I asked
what concern: No Answer. “Then threats and more threats. “I told them, rally
will go on as planned tomorrow for #SayNoToSecretTrial and #FreeZakZakky on
Wednesday. “Then threats and more threats.
“The DSS guy said: Deji, we have
never disturbed you in all your rallies. Why ZakZakky and Kanu “They have a
major issue with ZakZakky & Kanu.” Recall also that the IPOB leader, Nnamdi
Kanu and other pro-Biafra supporters have been detained since October 14, 2015,
by the DSS over alleged treasonable felony and illegal association preferred
against them by the federal government.
Although the later charge was later
struck out by the court wherein IPOB or Biafra was declared not an illegal
association and Mr. Kanu and other detainees granted bail by various courts,
the federal government has continued to detain them. Consequently, the group
who, in a statement signed by both its Convener, Prince Deji Adeyanju and its
Secretary, Dr. John Danfulani, had given reasons for the planned peaceful
protest, saying it became necessary to stage it because, such secret trial as
being pushed by the federal government does not serve the interest of the course
of justice.”
Source: Vanguardng
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