…Nigerians reacts.
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal & advocacy organisation, SERAP, has called on the US President, Donald J. Trump to come for the release of a prominent journalist, Omoyele Sowore.
ABACITYBLOG reported that Sowore is still in DSS custody despite meeting bail conditions given by the Federal High Court, Abuj. The DSS is charging Sowore on seven counts bordering on treasonable felony, cyberstalking President Muhammadu Buhari among other offences.
While calling on President Trump for his intervention on the release of the latter, SERAP noted that Sowore, is a US permanent resident with rights and should be release.
“Dear @realDonaldTrump Nigerians need you. 8 days after perfecting their bail conditions, activists Sowore & Bakare remain arbitrarily detained. Sowore is a US permanent resident with rights. He needs you & Nigerians need you to publicly ask President Buhari to obey court orders.
Dear @realDonaldTrump Nigerians need you. 8 days after perfecting their bail conditions, activists Sowore & Bakare remain arbitrarily detained.
Sowore is a US permanent resident with rights. He needs you & Nigerians need you to publicly ask President Buhari to obey court orders.
— SERAP (@SERAPNigeria) November 15, 2019
However, Nigerians are not comfortable with the action of SERAP, as the of the opinion that such call is wrong given the onus that Nigeria is a sovereign nation and Trump has no right to intervene.
@waleola101 said; “The US president is currently going through a lot right now, an impeachment hearing is currently on going, his long time friend Roger Stone just got convicted today on 7count charge in New York. Please leave the gentleman out of Sowore issue for now. Sowore should be released!
@babaottee wrote; “Is Trump the Sowore to bail Sowore. I’m Nigerian and I do not need Trump. Nigeria is a sovereign nation and besides he’s occupied with more pressing issues than a Sowore
@opehayenih wrote; “Am surprised some Nigerians (even younger generation folks) are jokingly viewing this as just headache of SERAP & Sowore. I pray those people come to their senses & call spade a spade. This is democracy and court orders must be sacrosanct.
@HisGraceStoberA wrote; “This is disgraceful coming from SERAP….. Nigeria is a sovereign country and not a state in the US
@OduObodumu wrote; Sad a so called NGO has this mentality. I think you are one of Nigeria’s enemies. You have evidence he has perfected his bail? US should come and forcefully free him? You are a fraud, a big one. Can he think of toppling govt in US and be talking of bail?
@Ibrahim01378748 wrote; “Dear @SERAPNigeria after what you call for then wat next? Would that mean u will be out of work? I guess ur part of the collusion ur so celebrated
@realDonaldTrump did in US by smearing Marie Yovanovich @ukrain.
