Forme
NSA Sambo Dasuki, Justice Ijeoma
Forme
NSA Sambo Dasuki, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu and Omoyele Sowore of
Sahara Reporters
CSOs Demand Release of Dasuki, Zakzaky, Sowore
Others
A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), under the
auspices of the Middle Belt Coordination (MBC), has called for the
release of a former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo
Dasuki (rtd); Shites Islamic movement group leader, Sheikh Ibrahim
El-Zakzaky and the Publisher of online media, Sahara Reporters,
Omoyele Sowore.
The group also called for the immediate release of journalists,
James Abiri and a university lecturer, Abubakar Idris Dadiyata.
The Public Relation Officer of the coalition, Comrade Godwin
Ekoja, after a programme held in Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna and Ibadan,
tagged: “Tour On Peace And Political Stability in Nigeria (PPS)”,
said it was undisputable that Nigeria had many problems which
needed to be tackled.
“As we know, Nigeria has continued to enjoy her
multiculturalists’ status. This has manifested in the way the
people socialize and worship in different aspects and manners. This
has raised many concern from within and outside Nigeria as some
Muslims minority group, the Shites Muslims, whose leader, Sheikh
Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was detained despite a valid court order that
freed him in December 2016.
“The case of Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), the case of Omoyele Sowore,
James Abiri, Dadiyata and many Nigerians that are being mishandled,
oppressed and denied freedom unjustly by the authority should be
looked at,” Ekoja said.
According to him, during their programme, a renown public
affairs commentator, Prince Adelaja Adeoye, said that, for peaceful
coexistence to be established amongst Nigerians, the government
must have a collaborative understanding with all citizens
regardless of their religious or ethnic background.