The Coalition of United Political Parties on Friday condemned the arrest and manhandling of its spokesperson, Ikenga Ugochinyere, describing it as “a reprehensible attack on our democracy, freedom of
speech and rule of law”.
Ugochinyere had accused the leadership of the House of Representatives of collecting $10m bribe from American billionaire, Bill Gates, to pass the Infectious Disease Control Bill also known as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Bill.The CUPP in a statement issued on Friday by its Co-Spokesperson, Mark Adebayo, said the action contravened a subsisting court order against his arrest, detention, interrogation or otherwise by any security agency in Nigeria.
According to him, the All Progressives Congress government should know that the opposition would neither be intimidated nor cowed into submission.Adebayo said, “The persistent disregard for court orders by this government is an unmitigated disaster for Nigeria’s democracy.
“We call for his immediate release and that no harm must befall him in the custody of the police. We wish to assure this government that the opposition will not be intimidated nor cowed into submission.”
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