A US Senator from New Jersey and member of the senate foreign relations committee, Robert Menendez, has said America and the world are watching the events as it concerns the convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore and the Department of State Services, DSS.
Recall that DSS Operatives on Friday re-arrested Sowore at the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja, less than 24 hours after he and his ally, Olawale Bakare were released on the orders of the court.
Menendez said it seems President Muhammadu Buhari is not aware of what the security agency was “doing in his name”.
“The United States is watching and the world is watching. I fear that the blatant harassment of Mr. Omoyele Sowore, an activist and journalist whose only crime appears to be exercising his right to free expression, is becoming symptomatic of increasingly closing political and civic space in Nigeria.
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“The Nigerian court has twice ordered his release on bail. And the state security agencies openly defied the court order each time leaving me to conclude that either Nigeria no longer respects the rule of law or President Buhari is woefully out of touch with what agents of his government are doing in his name.
“This is unacceptable in a country that calls itself a democracy. Journalists who risk their lives to expose the truth should be celebrated, not incarcerated.
“It is unacceptable to treat the husband and father of a US citizen with such blatant cruelty. Today, my office contacted our ambassador in Nigeria in an effort to obtain answers on what actions the United States is taking on the Sowore family’s behalf.
“In the next several days, I’ll continue to engage with the states department in Washington to ascertain the impart of what the arrest of Mr. Sowore and other activists and journalists will have on our relationship with Nigeria. My hope is that the bilateral relationship we have with Nigeria will be reassessed in light of these events,” Menendez said in a statement.
Source: Daily Post
