Sowore: SERAP condemns violent attacks by SSS officers on peaceful protesters
*Omoyele Sowore
(Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP,
has condemned “violent attacks on peaceful protesters demanding the release of
Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare as ordered by the court.”
In a statement on Tuesday, by SERAP deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said:
“We have seen a video footage apparently showing the use of lethal and
excessive force by Nigerian security agents against peaceful protesters
demanding the release of Sowore and Bakare as ordered by the court. We condemn
the ruthless violence and shocking abuses against protesters.”
The statement read in part: “@UNHumanRights @UN_SPExperts
@davidakaye should urgently respond to the rule of law and human rights crisis
in Nigeria and call on the authorities to end this brutality. It is high time
to ramp up monitoring on the situation in Nigeria and to send investigators to the
country at once.
“The use of lethal and excessive force violates the very
core of Nigeria’s constitution and international human rights obligations. This
should end immediately, and those responsible should be held to account.
“Nigerian authorities should immediately obey all court
orders and specifically the court order for the release of Sowore and Bakare
from arbitrary detention.”
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