Revolution Now: FG urged to prosecute Sowore, others connected to treasonable felony
- A group has called on the Nigerian government to prosecute the publisher of Sahara Reporters over his call for revolution
- The group accused Omoyele Sowore of inciting Nigerians, home and abroad, to join a planned ‘revolution’ march against the present government
- According to the group, such protest amounts to treasonable felony and acts of terrorism
The Nigerian government has been advised to prosecute the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and others connected with alleged treasonable felony.
The Civil Rights Movement of Nigeria (CRMN) in a press conference in Abuja on Monday, August 5, said inciting Nigerians, home and abroad, to join a planned ‘revolution’ march against the government of the day amounts to treasonable felony and acts of terrorism.
Sowore, a pro-democracy activist and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general elections called for a revolution against bad leadership in Nigeria.
The publisher through various platforms called for #RevolutionNow, a series of planned protests across states in Nigeria against the government.
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Speaking during the briefing, CCRMNs president, Aaron Dutoye, said Sowore had a clear blueprint designed by the major opposition party to overthrow the government, having failed to legitimately do so at the last elections.
CRMN further urged the DSS to secure a court order to keep Sowore in its custody once he is arraigned given the gravity of the crime he has committed and the potential instability his release could pose.
Dutoye said while it is legitimate to demand for accountable government, plotting to overthrow a legitimately elected government is certainly not something that any government in the world will accept.
Dutoye said if such is allowed to continue, it is a matter of time before they succeed especially as they are teaming up with foreign agents of destabilization in this destructive plot.
"The best deterrence is to send a strong message to all the anti-democratic forces in the country that there is no room for anyone that may wish to destroy our dear country."
"Example must be made of those that are attempting to derail our democracy for failed politicians. This is our suggestion for dealing with detractors of Nigeria and enemies of our democracy," Dutoye said.
He also called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately arraign Omoyele Sowore for treason to serve as deterrent to others with similar intentions, and that includes the foreign agents in Nigeria.
"The service must ensure that it secures an order from the court to make him remain in custody once he is arraigned given the gravity of the crime he has committed and the risk his type poses to stability in the country," he said.
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Dutoye added: "In view of the confidence being expressed by Sowore and his associates about how they are above the law of Nigeria, we urged the government to engage international partners on why they should stay off its domestic affairs for which there is an adequate legal framework."
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Nigeria Police has warned that Revolution Now protesters would be made to face the wrath of the law.
The inspector general of police, Mohammed Adamu, warned the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria to stop inciting Nigerians through a video circulating on the social to join a planned revolution march against the federal government scheduled for Monday, August 5.
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