Armed security operatives in their numbers on Wednesday morning blocked the Adeniyi Jones premises of the Committee for the Defence of Human Right (CDHR)
and the Lagos office of online site Sahara Reporters to prevent planned meeting of pro-revolutionist.
Unknown to the security agents, the protesters had another card up their sleeves as the planned protest kicked-off on the streets and not the CDHR office as anticipated. He said the action by the government only confirmed that the civil rights fought for over the years were crudely being removed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
“In spite of the fundamental rights of the Nigerian people to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression the Police had wanted to disrupt and stop the peaceful meeting of law abiding citizens to discuss the illegal detention of Omoyele Sowore, Agba Jalingo, Abayomi Olawale and scores of others being incarcerated in various detention facilities in the country.
Meanwhile Nigerians on social media also joined in the protest demanding that the government should respect the rule of law.
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