Sowore made this statement in response to singer Adekunle Gold's criticism of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012. The activist questioned how someone who had benefited from freedom of expression would turn around to use the police, court, and cybercrime framework against ordinary Nigerians.
Activist, Omoyele Sowore , has charged the Nigeria Police Force to stop acting as a private army to wealthy and famous citizens. He posted this on X in response to singer Adekunle Gold ’s criticism of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012.
The singer had written: “Dear God, if you give us Dagrin back, we will give you Jonathan in return. Lol. ” Sowore wondered how the singer who benefitted from freedom of expression would turn around to use the police, court and cybercrime framework against ordinary Nigerians. He wrote: “This was @AdekunleGold in 2012 openly criticizing then President @GoodluckJonathan.
Back then, it was rightly called free speech, and if he had been arrested for those tweets, we would have been on the streets demanding his immediate release.
“How then does someone who benefited from freedom of expression turn around years later to use the police, courts, and the brutal cybercrime framework against ordinary Nigerians over online banter and social media exchanges? “You cannot enjoy free speech when you are powerless and criminalize it the moment you become influential. “Freedom of expression must apply to everyone, celebrities, politicians, activists, and poor young Nigerians on social media alike.
“The Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG must stop acting as a private army for the rich and famous, while the judiciary must stop handing down outrageous punishments over internet speech that should never be criminal matters in the first place. ”‘No better songwriter in Nigerian music industry than Simi’ – Adekunle Gold2027: ‘She should have joined our party’ – Sowore backs Aisha Yesufu’s Senatorial ambition
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