Release Kanu’s brother, lawyer, other protesters now – Former senate president, Wabara to Tinubu

Former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara has demanded the immediate release of all protesters arrested during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanuNow peaceful rally in Abuja.

Wabara, who condemned the action of some security operatives who fired teargas canisters at peaceful protesters, also frowned at the alleged manhandling of a journalist covering the protest whose camera was reportedly broken by some overzealous security operatives.

The Senate president, while describing the intimidation and arrest of peaceful protesters as a serious dent on Nigeria’s global image, urged President Ahmed Tinubu to call the security agencies to order.

He added that the arrest of Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor; among others, will only aggravate the already tense situation in the South East.

Wabara argued that it is the fundamental right of citizens to hold peaceful protests, stressing that the police were required to provide protection for protesters, and not to clamp down on them.

The former Senate President accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC-led, federal government which he said, is a product of protests, of using intimidation and brute force against dissenting voices.

“Why is the APC that came to power through protests suddenly scared of protests? Muzzling dissenting voices and that opposition is a prelude to dictatorship. This is certainly not the democracy we yearned for!

“The scars of#EndSARS will always remain a sad memorial for the APC which exploited propaganda and protests to oust the PDP in 2015”, Wabara added.