President of Campaign for Democracy, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, has faulted the raid carried out on the house of the Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho.
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin also charged security operatives to conduct an investigation into the alleged death of a girl at Yoruba Nation rally in Ojota, Lagos State on Saturday, July 3, 2021
The police command in Lagos State had in a statement said that the girl was not killed by stray bullet as alleged by the agitators as no live bullet was fired at the scene.
Okei-Odumakin, in a statement in Lagos on Sunday July 4, 2021 also called for the unconditional release of all those arrested at the Lagos rally on Saturday.
Part of the statement read, “The controversy surrounding the alleged international abduction or kidnapping of Kanu is an embarrassment to right-thinking Nigerians.
“In the past under the Abacha junta, this Country was treated by the International Community as a pariah with all the embarrassment, discomfiture, and loss of esteem suffered by Nigerians. We must never tread that ignoble path again.
“We also must not relapse under military jackboots because this is a democracy brought about by great sacrifice in lives, limbs, and personal comforts and conveniences.
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President of Campaign for Democracy, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, has faulted the raid carried out on the house of the Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho.
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin also charged security operatives to conduct an investigation into the alleged death of a girl at Yoruba Nation rally in Ojota, Lagos State on Saturday, July 3, 2021
The police command in Lagos State had in a statement said that the girl was not killed by stray bullet as alleged by the agitators as no live bullet was fired at the scene.
Okei-Odumakin, in a statement in Lagos on Sunday July 4, 2021 also called for the unconditional release of all those arrested at the Lagos rally on Saturday.
Part of the statement read, “The controversy surrounding the alleged international abduction or kidnapping of Kanu is an embarrassment to right-thinking Nigerians.
“In the past under the Abacha junta, this Country was treated by the International Community as a pariah with all the embarrassment, discomfiture, and loss of esteem suffered by Nigerians. We must never tread that ignoble path again.
“We also must not relapse under military jackboots because this is a democracy brought about by great sacrifice in lives, limbs, and personal comforts and conveniences.
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