On-air personality Rufai Oseni expressed his disagreement with the federal government’s handling of protesters who were arrested for their involvement in the #Endbadgovernance movement. The office of the Inspector General of Police arraigned 10 individuals on Monday, September 2, whom they believed led various factions in the #Endbadgovernance and hunger protest, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. ..Read Full Article
According to court documents, they were charged with six counts related to alleged treason, mutiny, and inciting Nigerians against the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
The charges have been criticized by various political commentators and international civil society groups, including Amnesty International.
Reacting to the charges, Rufai Oseni on the Morning Show, said: “You see, for a Democrat who fought against military tyranny, I’m sad all of this is happening under President Tinubu. So, these protesters, you’re calling them, you’re charging them for treason? And you’re wondering, what’s going on in this country, I condemn demolishing government properties, or destruction of government properties, which is wrong. But because they chanted words? When they were protesting against Jonathan, didn’t they say Jonathan must go?” he said.
He continued: “Did we term that as treason? Because even the white man, the British man they are talking about, he said he knows nothing about this and he’ll be happy to go talk to Nigerian authorities in the UK, that somebody he had just mentioned, all his own was to book shop in where the NLC complex used to be.”
“So, this high-handedness of quickly tagging people and saying this is treason and all of that, in a country where bandits are having fun on TikTok, showing you how much they’ve earned on TikTok. Those are the real people you should go after, not people that are protesting because of hunger.”
“I don’t even know what the constitution says but when they were protesting against Jonathan, they said Jonathan must go. They carried his coffin. They did worse. Nobody spoke against them.”
The defendants in the suit marked FHC/ ABJ/ CS/454/2024 are; Michael TobilobaAdaramoye, Adeyemi Abiodun Abayomi, Suleiman Yakubu, Comrade Opaluwa EleojoSimon, Angel Love Innocent, Buhari Lawal, Mosiu Sadiq, Bashir Bello NurudeenKhamis and Abduldalam Zubair.
According to the police lawyer, Mr. Simon Lough, SAN, the defendants engaged in the act between July 1 and 4, after they were incited by a 70- year-old Briton, Andrew Wynne, who is said to be at large……Read Full Article
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