Condemnation and outrage have greeted the arrest of the President of the Middle Belt Youth Vanguard, Mr. Godwin Meliga, by the Department of State Ser
vices , for exposing the alleged plot of the DG of DSS to frame the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for terrorism financing.
Human rights lawyers, led by Emeka Ozoani, SAN, have condemned the arrest and offered free legal services to Meliga and other officials of the Coalition of National Interest Defenders, who were being harassed and threatened by the Service. Ethnic groups and a Civil society organisation , African Center for Justice and Human Rights , have also condemned the arrest, calling for the removal and arrest of the DG of DSS.
The groups insisted that the press conference by the Coalition for which the DSS was allegedly arresting them was not a crime known to law and that it was the arbitrary whims and caprices of the DG DSS that was now leading him. The statement reads, “We the Ethnic Youth Leaders comprising of Ohanaeze, Arewa, Oduduwa, Middlebelt, South-South Youth Forums and Civil Society Organization, African Center for Justice and Human Rights are totally condemning the arrest of the President of the Middle Belt Youth Vanguard Mr. Godwin Meliga by the DG of the DSS for exposing the plot of the DG to frame the CBN Governor Mr. Godwin Emefiele for Terrorism Financing.
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