Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has challenged the Department of
State Security Service (DSS) to make public the names of the Nigerians abroad
and the foreign collaborators allegedly sponsoring the #RevolutionNow protest.
Reacting through a statement made available to
journalists on Monday in Abuja, Frank challenged the DSS to make its finding
public or stop discrediting Nigerians, following its claims that some people
abroad were behind the protest.
He described as a ‘’lazy’’ thinking for anybody to
conjure that the Sowore-led group is planning to overthrow the current
government.
Frank warned the security operatives who he said
are currently intimidating and arresting their fellow Nigerians to learn from
the case of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, who had power
to arrest anybody then but now he’s under perpetual detention.
According to him, "I challenge the DSS to show
proof that some people abroad are sponsoring Omoyele Sowore's #RevolutionNow
protest. The current development has simply shown that the APC government is
not used to democratic system of governance hence the fear it continues to
create in the mind of Nigerians.
"The DSS authorities should stay off politics
and stop blackmailing innocent Nigerians for demanding their rights.
“If there is
anybody breaking the laws of the federation by their actions, it is the present
administration and its officials who have no respect for the rule of law nor
obey simple court orders.
"Where is the DSS intelligence that shows that
some people are sponsoring the group? If the DSS is so sure of its assertions
and not playing the script of the APC administration, the secret police should
make public the names of the alleged sponsors.’’
He added that Nigerians and the world now know clearly
that the current ‘’panic-stricken administration’’ is not tolerant, and it has
just scored own goal by arresting a leader of a civil group demanding good
governance without violence or any dangerous weapon.
Frank said the current insecurity, hunger, poor
economy, unmitigated unemployment and disregard for the rule of law under President
Muhammadu Buhari-led government has worsened to the extent that Nigerians would
not need anybody to pay them before they come out on the streets to protest
against bad governance being perpetuated by the APC.
"What happened in 2014 was not up to this
level before Nigerians came out enmass during President Goodluck Jonathan, and
the then administration didn't accuse or arrest anybody. The Buhari-led APC
should learn to be tolerant," the former APC scribe said.
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