RevolutionNow protest: Release Sowore, others now - Nigerians in South Africa tells FG

RevolutionNow protest: Release Sowore, others now - Nigerians in South Africa tells FG

- Nigerians in South Africa have protested over the arrest of Sowore by the DSS

- The protesters took to the nation’s high commission in Pretoria, South Africa’s capital, on Wednesday, August 7

- Operatives of the DSS had arrested Sowore over planned RevolutionNow protest

Some Nigerians residing in South Africa have staged a protest over the arrest of a former presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, Omoyele Sowore, and other members of the RevolutionNow protest who were arrested by Department of State Service (DSS).

Channels TV reports that the protesters under the auspices of ‘Take it back’ on Wednesday, August 7, took to the nation’s high commission in Pretoria, South Africa’s capital, demanding a better governed Nigeria, better security and safety for Nigerians in the diaspora.

Legit.ng gathered that the aggrieved protesters who were initially received by a senior official in the embassy insisted on seeing the Nigerian high commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Kabir Bala.

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The group’s coordinator, Doris Ikeri-Solarin, said that members were not happy with happenings in the country, urging the envoy to relay the message to the federal government.

“As Nigerians resident in South Africa, we are moved to come to you as our father and representative here to pass our message across back home that we are bitter and not happy with the situation that is going home in Nigeria. On a final note sir, we demand that the federal government releases Omoyele Sowore and our comrades,” she said.

While renewing the group’s commitment to supporting the South African laws, Ikeri-Solarin asked the government to investigate every crime and make those found guilty to face the wrath of the law.

“Any individual who is found wanting must face the law. We are standing in support of the South African government that it must investigate every crime that is committed on this land. And we are ready to support every judgment passed,” she said.

After listening to the protesters, Ambassador Bala encouraged them to be law-abiding at all times. He renewed the federal government’s commitment to address their issues raised, stressing that there is a need to be patient and cooperative.

“Yes, what you have given me, I have taken and I will also pass it unto them. We will not want the South Africans to go to Nigeria and violate our laws. We will not accept that," he added.

Bala urged the protesters to obey the laws of the country they are living - South Africa.

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According to him, as much as reciprocity is the foundation of diplomacy, a situation where a Nigerian would violate the laws of South Africa would not be acceptable.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the Lagos-based human rights activist, Femi Falana, condemned the harassment of Sowore who is the organiser of the #RevolutionNow protest.

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