Center for Democracy and Development has condemned the arrest of RevolutionNow protesters in parts of the country, saying it is a clear indication that the Buhari administration is hiding under the COVID-19 pandemic to shrink the civil rights space.
that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is hiding under the coronavirus disease to shrink the civil space.
“While we commend the release of protesters in Abuja and Lagos, the CDD calls on the Federal Government to retrace their steps and unconditionally release other protesters and assure that it will never be repeated,” she added. “Nigeria is sliding back into the dark days of military regime where citizens are being hounded and afraid to ask salient questions as to how they should be governed,” it stated.
Similarly, the Conference of Civil Society for Peace, Security and National Development called on the citizenry to stand in solidarity with the government. In a statement made available to The Guardian yesterday by its Programme Officer, Zikora Ibe, the civil society group, said the comment insulted the sensibilities of the young Nigerians brutalised on Wednesday for daring to express their genuine concerns on the present state of affairs in the country.
“In Abuja and according to media reports, a protester was flogged with an iron rod and chain, while in Lagos, blood was seen gushing out of the head of an unfortunate citizen whom security operatives had viciously shaved off his hair with a knife and broken bottle.”
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