The fate of the arrested #EndBadGovernance protesters is hanging in the balance as they have been denied food, Medicare and basic human necessity while in the detention, the Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) has raised concerns.
According to the CDWR those in detention including Michael Adaramoye, Mosiu Sodiq, and Eleojo Opaluwa are facing potentially life-threatening conditions.
The CDWR Sunday said in a statement sign by its national publicity secretary Comrade Chinedu Bosah, that President Bola Tinubu; Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu would be held accountable if any of the detainees die in custody.
“CDWR condemns the continuous incarceration of Michael Adaramoye, Mosiu Sodiq, Eleojo Opaluwa and others based on a remand court order clandestinely procured by the police.’
“The Nigerian Police and the Bola Tinubu-led regime are hell-bent on sustaining the incarceration of #EndBadGovernace protesters and activists.
“It is about three weeks, and still counting, since Comrade Michael Adaramoye (Michael Lenin), Sodiq Mosiu and others have been illegally and unjustly detained by the Nigerian Police on the order of Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser to President Tinubu without trial.
“The Nigerian Police have ensured that Michael Adaramoye and others are denied access to legal representation, and family members as they are kept incommunicado. The detainees are also held in deprivation of basic human needs like food, healthcare and essential housing materials like beds, etc.
“Due to the inhuman and deplorable conditions the detainees are subjected to, some of the detainees have fallen ill and Nuhu Ribadu and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun have denied them the right to medical treatment; the Tinubu government will be held responsible if any of the detainees dies in detention.
“In furtherance of the incarceration, the Nigerian Police on Thursday, August 22, 2024, clandestinely procured a remand order at the Federal High Court Abuja to extend the unjust detention of the protesters by 60 days without their legal representatives.
“This underhand remand order further underscores the ongoing tyranny that has characterised the Tinubu government.”
CDWR alleged that the judiciary has been captured and used to enable the dictatorship of the Tinubu-led regime.
“Since the preparation for the #EndBadGovernance protest, the government has used the judiciary across the country to undermine the constitutional and democratic rights of Nigerians to protest bad governance and anti-people policies peacefully.
“It is now a tradition for the government to secretly secure ‘Black Market’ injunctions and orders against workers, trade unions, and activists. We condemn this undemocratic and underhand tactics of the government.
“In Nigeria, the corrupt capitalist ruling elite walks freely while innocent activists, trade unionists, socialists, and protesters are unlawfully victimised and attacked. For instance, the former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, was caught on video in 2018 collecting wades of dollars in bribes from a contractor.
“However, the Nigerian Police have not deemed it fit to arrest, detain and prosecute him. Rather than prosecute Ganduje he emerged as the national chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and has become “untouchable” just as many privileged, corrupt and self-serving members of the ruling elite,” CDWR statement said.
