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The EU has given a response following the arrest of Omoyele Sowore by the DSS.
Omoyele Sowore
The European Union says protests remain a cardinal part of democracy as long as they remain peaceful.
The EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Ketil Karlsen, however who was
reacting following the arrest of Omoyele Sowore said it was not the job
of the EU to tell Nigeria how to conduct its internal affairs but added
that the judiciary should be allowed to do its job.
Karlsen said this while responding to a question by The PUNCH at
the ‘departure orientation for the 2019 Erasmus+ Scholarship Awardees’
in Abuja on Thursday.
He said he was not aware of any petition sent to the EU by rights
groups who had criticised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government
over the clampdown on protesters.
The ambassador said, “The European Union stands firm on the
principles of freedom of speech and our fundamental values. Of course,
it is important in any democratic society for people to be able to
participate.
“I am not aware of any petition following the latest events in
Nigeria but what I can say is that as long as people seek peaceful means
to demonstrate and voice their political opinion, this is what we see
as a natural part of a thriving democracy.
“Of course, any democracy or any society in the world must
jealously guard and make sure that such pronouncements are always
non-violent and that they respect the fundamental rules of the game and
democracy at the end of the day and it is for the Nigerian justice
system, in the end, to follow up on specific cases and as long as these
cases are being dealt with in the Nigerian justice system, it is not for
the EU or the EU ambassador to judge what is right or wrong in these
occasions but of course we always follow very carefully when there are
dissenting voices in the countries where we operate and we listen very
carefully to all of them.”
The Federal Government had on Saturday arrested Sahara Reporters
publisher, Omoyele Sowore, for organising a nationwide protest calling
for a revolution.
On Monday, security agencies also clamped down on protesters,
arresting those who decided to demonstrate at the National Stadium,
Surulere.
A Federal High Court in Abuja granted the Department of State
Services’ request to detain Sowore for 45 days pending investigation for
alleged treason and terrorism.
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