The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described the arrest of Omoyele Sowore and other protesters in the last peaceful protest as a breach of their fundamental human rights.
In a statement by NLC’s General-Secretary, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, the labour congress said Sowore and other protesters were not carrying arms against the state and demanded their immediate and unconditional release.
“His continued detention by the State Security Service lacks any justification, as his actions were not in any way a threat to the sovereignty of Nigeria nor the democratically constituted government of Nigeria.
“He was just one out of several Nigerians demanding for good governance being the minimum demand citizens can make from a government they democratically elected.”
“There is no where in our Constitution or laws that security agencies are empowered to brazenly attack peaceful protesters and hound its organisers into detention, as the right to peaceful protests, assembly and association is fully guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under sections 39 and 40,” the statement read.
