Timi Frank calls on President Bola Tinubu to release detained hunger protesters and prevent further violence.
Timi Frank , the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress , has urged President Bola Tinubu to order the immediate and unconditional release of all protesters detained by the police and other security forces.
Expressing condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives and wishing a speedy recovery for the injured, Frank urged the International Criminal Court to hold the Inspector General of Police and all Service Chiefs in Nigeria accountable for the killings of unarmed protesters in recent days. He vowed to petition the ICC to prosecute Wike and the IGP for ordering the police to use tear gas and live ammunition against unarmed peaceful protesters in Abuja and Kano, respectively.
Despite the ongoing protests over hunger and bad governance in the country, it was “carnival-like” on Saturday as the Senator The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested 212 people at the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest, alleged to be hoodlums, and also charged 74 to court. The police also recovered looted properties from them. This was revealed by the Commissioner of Police, AS Abdullahi, while addressing a press conference at the Command's Headquarters in Dutse at the…
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