#EndSARS Protesters Want Sowore Arrested Over Renewed Demonstrations

• EKOHOTBLOG, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2020
• The #EndSARS protesters have urged the Federal Government to revoke the bail earlier granted the RevolutionNow convener and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore

#EndSARS protesters asked the Federal Government to revoke the bail earlier granted the RevolutionNow convener and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, following his earlier arrest and detention by the Department of State Service (DSS) for alleged treason, for allegedly breaching the conditions of the bail.

This is just as the protesters under the aegis of Genuine #EndSARS Protesters, commended the Nigeria Police for rising to the occasion on Friday by dispersing a handful of misguided youths assembled at the gate of the National Assembly by the “so-called activist” to foment trouble under the pretext of #EndSARS protest.

The Genuine #EndSARS Protesters, in a statement, Friday, in Abuja, insisted that Sowore, having breached the conditions of the bail granted him following his RevolutionNow campaign, “must not only be immediately arrested but also have his bail revoked”.

The statement was signed by Dr. Orji Nwakocha for southeast; Dr. Aremu Babatunde for southwest; Comrade Frank Jaja representing South-South and Alhaji Ibrahim Dan Iya for North West. Others are Sheik Mohammed Adamu for North East; Mr. Dakwohi Samson for FCT; and Comrade Peter Yohana for North Central.

The group insisted that the renewed protest being spearheaded by Mr. Sowore was not known to them, restating that they had since backed down from their protests but were already meeting with governments at all levels at the roundtable.

The group appealed to parents “to advise their wards against allowing themselves to be misled by Mr. Sowore”, who is accused of attempting to hijack the #EndSARS platform to deliberately blackmail President Muhammadu Buhari and his government.

According to the Genuine #EndSARS Protesters, “Sowore’s clandestine motive is to feather his own nest.”

They noted with concern the insistence of Mr. Sowore to go on the protest when all those that started the #EndSARS protests had not only backed down but are also meeting with governments towards resolving issues that informed the action, tasking security agencies to see Sowore as a threat to national security and immediately treat him like one.

The statement read in part, “the Genuine #EndSARS Protesters, being the body of the real people that protested recently against the police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS’ excessive powers and brutality, have been watching with concern the attempt by one Mr. Omoyele Sowore to hijack our platform to further his inordinate ambition.