Ajaero, SERAP: ‘Tinubu’s regime’s oppression surpasses military dictatorships’ — Atiku

Ajaero, SERAP: ‘Tinubu’s regime’s oppression surpasses military dictatorships’ — Atiku

A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has berated the
federal government over the arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour
Congress, Joe Ajaero, by the Department of State Services, and the takeover of
the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project
(SERAP).

 

Vanguard had reported that Ajaero was arrested in the early
hours of Monday by the Department of State Service (DSS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja.  On the
same day, DSS operatives laid siege to SERAP’s office in Abuja.

 

The 2023 presidential candidate of the PDP, in a statement
posted on his verified X account on Tuesday, warned that “the level of
oppressive control now imposed surpasses even the harshest days of military
dictatorship”.

 

Atiku wrote: “The escalating assault on civil society and
the media by the Bola Tinubu administration are profoundly disturbing. The
level of oppressive control now imposed surpasses even the harshest days of
military dictatorship.

 

“The recent arrest of Mr. Joe Ajaero, President of the
Nigerian Labour Congress, en route to an official event, epitomizes this
regime’s relentless campaign to intimidate and subdue organized labour.

 

“Just days prior, security forces detained a journalist,
only to later claim it was a grievous error. What if the outcome had been
fatal?

 

“Now, Tinubu’s regime extends its repressive grasp to
encroach upon @SERAPNigeria, an action that stands as a grave affront to our
democratic values. This siege is anathema to the principles of freedom and
justice.”

 

Atiku called on Tinubu to focus security efforts on
terrorists and bandits, not civil society.

 

“It is imperative that Tinubu and his security apparatus
redirect their fervour and intimidation towards the actual perpetrators of
violence — terrorists and bandits — who are inflicting immeasurable suffering
upon the Nigerian people. -AA”

Source: Ajaero, SERAP: ‘Tinubu’s regime’s oppression surpasses military dictatorships’ — Atiku

 - NigerianEye

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