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Buhari Clarifies On The Release Of Sowore
The Presidency last night clarified that the RevolutionNow Convener, Omoyele Sowore was not persecuted for his role as a media entrepreneur.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, reads: “The Presidency wishes to clarify the release on bail, of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 election, Omoyele Sowore.
“Some international news outlets have mistakenly been describing his release as that of a journalist.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Buhari administration has never, since coming into office in 2015, detained a journalist, seized copies of newspapers or shut down a medium of information.
“He founded an organisation, Revolution Now, to launch, in their own words, “Days of Rage”, with the publicised purpose of fomenting mass civil unrest and the elected administration’s overthrow. No government will allow anybody to openly call for destabilisation in the country and do nothing.
“The government believes strictly in observing the rule of law, but must safeguard public security and will not allow trouble makers to incite the public and cause a breakdown of law and order.”
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