Igbo women demand immediate release of Kanu’s brother, lawyer, other protesters

…Say Nigeria nether APC becoming worse than subject dictatorship

By Steve Oko

Igbo women nether the aegis of Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, person demanded contiguous and unconditional merchandise of Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger member of the detained person of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu; Kanu’s peculiar Counsel, Chief Aloy Ejimakor; and different peaceful protesters arrested by the constabulary during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protestation successful Abuja connected Monday.

This is arsenic they lamented that Nigeria nether the ticker of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, “is becoming worse than subject dictatorship”.

National President of IWA, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, who spoke with Vanguard, described the apprehension of guiltless protesters arsenic “impunity taken excessively far”, and called connected the Inspector General of Police, to bid their contiguous release.

Arguing that peaceful protestation is an inalienable close of citizens, the IWA President advised the Federal Government against utilizing information operatives to quell peaceful agitation.

Noting the unrest successful the South East and parts of South East regions pursuing Kanu’s continued incarceration, Lolo Chimezie advised against immoderate enactment susceptible of aggravating the already tensed situation.

The IWA President advised those successful powerfulness against stoking the the embers of unrest done maltreatment of power, “to debar things getting retired of control”.

Lolo Chimezie who said she participated successful the Abuja march recalled her disfigured acquisition erstwhile information operatives fired teardrop state canisters astatine the peaceful protesters.

She powerfully condemned the manhandling of the protesters and warned Government against “pushing Nigerians to the wall.”

Insisting that nary magnitude of intimidation volition halt radical from voicing their views, IWA urged authorities to alternatively prosecute citizens with a presumption to addressing their grievances.

She said:”We dependable our vexation connected the behaviour of information operatives successful Abuja contiguous during the escaped Nnamdi Kanu protest.

“They manhandled protesters. I was astatine the rally. And I was straight teargassed. At a point, unrecorded ammunition was besides fired. That’s precise wrong. A fig of protesters including Kanu’s brother, Emmanuel; and lawyer, Ejimakor were arrested.

“We telephone connected the constabulary and different information agencies, to merchandise each protester they arrested due to the fact that it’s our law close to protest.”

IWA expressed astonishment that”the APC which is simply a merchandise of protests does not privation to perceive astir protests anymore”.

“Let’s besides punctual the ruling APC that during the build-up to the 2014 election, it led a batch of protests against the past PDP-led medication of President Goodluck Jonathan, and Jonathan ne'er utilized national mightiness against them. They sponsored a batch of propaganda against Jonathan and cipher harassed oregon clamped down connected them.

“We counsel President Tinubu-led national authorities to retrace its steps connected the mode it is handling dissenting voices. This is not the archetypal clip the medication is clamping down connected protesters aft benefiting immensely from protests.

“President Tinubu should cognize that the APC authorities nether his ticker is becoming worse than subject dictatorship.

“He should not instrumentality the radical for granted. It volition not beryllium just to propulsion Nigerians truthful hard against the partition due to the fact that doing truthful could pb to a concern that authorities whitethorn not manage.

“Government should negociate with the protesters and perceive to people. Nnamdi Kanu has done thing to warrant his unending persecution.

“President Tinubu should telephone information operatives to bid and halt clamping down connected guiltless citizens voicing their frustrations. All those arrested should beryllium released unneurotic with Nnamdi Kanu earlier things get retired of manus “.

The station Igbo women request contiguous merchandise of Kanu’s brother, lawyer, different protesters appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.