Friday, December 06, 2024 -Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC has called on Nigerians to join him in a nationwide strike.
Sowore said he will protest against the judiciary over the prosecution
of Dele Farotimi
Faraotimi, a human rights activist was arrested by officers of the Ekiti
State Police Command over allegations of defaming the character of the founder
of Afe Babalola University, Aare Afe Babalola SAN in his recently published
book, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’.
Subsequently, Farotimi was remanded in prison till December 10 after he
was at the Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday.
The lawyer’s ordeal has generated several reactions from Nigerians
across the country, with many demanding his release.
In a post via his official X handle, Sowore revealed that the protest
will kick off on December 10 from the Afe Babalola Chambers in Lagos, Federal
Ministry of Justice Abuja, Police Headquarters in Ekiti and Kings College
Campus in London.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”, he wrote.
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