The EU has made its stand known on he arrest of Omoyele Sowore, the arrowhead of the planned RevoluionNow Protest, who the DSS arrested last Saturday, and will hold in detention for months.
The EU agrees democracy or any society in the world must jealously guard and make sure that such pronouncements are always non-violent and that they respect the fundamental rules of the game and democracy.
EU Amb. Ketl Katsen however noted it is for the Nigerian justice system, in the end, to follow up on specific cases.
“As long as these cases are being dealt with in the Nigerian justice system, it is not for the EU or the EU ambassador to judge what is right or wrong in these occasions,” said the ambassador in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
The National Daily earlier reported that many Nigerians, including older revolutionary and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, rights Lawyer Femi Falana, and tribal groups ike the Afenifere and Ohaneze, have condemned the federal government action as unacceptable in a saner society.
These critics, particularly those appealing to the US, the U.K to sanction Nigeria, might have expected the EU and other world bodies to take a hard line against the administration of President Muhammadu Bhari on this.
The envoy added that the European Union stands firm on the principles of freedom of speech and other fundamental values.
Of course, it is important in any democratic society for people to be able to participate.”
No petition yet to the body following the latest events in Nigeria.
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afro
August 9, 2019 at 5:02 am
the editor who wrote this is a pig for assuming that some opposition may expect eu to stand in line with them.,how unprofessional can you be.cow mentally.
HJ
August 9, 2019 at 9:17 am
Mr Afro Smart, if you’re as brainy as you think, you’ll remember how opposition elements like to petition the US, UK, UN, EU over trifles like party primaries–to sanction Nigeria.
Now we are talking about a more serous issue of freedom of expression and association. And a bright spark that you are, you think it’s dumb writing that Atiku and other critics would have expected the international community, on whose doleouts you live, to lick the Buhari govt into shape. Come on, dog! Open your addled mind.
Macwise
August 9, 2019 at 5:32 am
“Nigeria survived the past civil war,but,i don’t think we can survive any other war again” said late Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu(former Biafra warlord).
A word for the wise.Sowore has his investment (Sahara reporter) n USA not in Nigeria.Then,he as nothing to loose if.
Pastor Anyasodor Alswell W A
August 10, 2019 at 6:56 pm
EU has no power to release Sowore for the arrest by Federal government on issues the government described as dangerous to the nations democracy. It’s our internal problems and requires our internal approaches to the issue at stake. Those who speak big grammars in constitutionalisms should open up while Sowore cools down in DSS well taken care off.
Nsirim bright
August 11, 2019 at 9:01 pm
Sawore, should remain there for at least the next 60-90days.
If he lost from been the President of this great nation, why not join hands for better Nigeria, than instigation for #revolutionnow, Atiku, should stop this ill relevant notice me game of his, part of what we face today in this nation(hard time), are caused by their administration.
So he should hide his face in mud.