Group Protest at AGF's Office over Sowore's RevolutionNow ...Wants him investigated

 

A group of civil rights activists  on Monday in Abuja took to the street to demand the investigation of the alleged foreign counterparts of detained convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore.

The group is alleging that Sowore has outside backings in his alleged ploy to destabilise the country.

The protesters led by the Congress for Defence of Democracy (CDF) ended their walk at the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, calling for an urgent probe of what they described as the ‘nefarious activities’ of Sowore and his foreign collaborators.

In a petition signed by the convener, Stephen Okenarhe, and submitted to the AGF, the CDF revealed that it would be a disservice to the unity of Nigeria should Sowore be granted bail without identifying his foreign sponsors.

 

According to Okenarhe, the controversial human rights activist has proven to be acting a script by “enemies of Nigeria that are envious of the giant strides recorded in critical sectors of the economy in the past four years under President Muhammadu Buhari.”

Besides the ongoing seven-count charge trial, the group alleged that Sowore has secretly been receiving illicit funds from some foreign sources while also covertly running the propaganda wing of Boko Haram.

Okenarhe further alleged that the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) even signed a pact with the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and some disgruntled opposition politicians to destabilise Nigeria.

They claimed Sowore could eventually jump bail and continue with his nefarious activities, just like Nnamdi Kanu.

The protesters, therefore, called on the AGF “to use his good office to institute discrete investigation by the concerned authorities to track down and arrest those involved.

“The Attorney General may wish to be informed that Sowore has been secretly receiving illicit funds from some foreign sources since the build-up to the general elections for vote-buying. However, he mismanaged the funds, and the alternative was to stage a violent revolution to impress his paymasters.

“This is on the heels that Sowore indeed planned to cause unrest in the country by receiving a massive amount of money from questionable sources to procure arms and ammunition.

“We are by this letter calling on the Attorney General of the Federation to use his good office to institute discrete investigation by the concerned authorities into the nefarious activities of Sowore to track down and arrest those involved in the destabilisation agenda.”