The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, denounced the alleged detention of some of his supporters on Tuesday, October 04, 2022.
The Lagos State coordinator for the event organised by Obi supporters was reportedly arrested on Saturday by Department of State Services operatives (DSS).
The organiser, Joseph Onuorah, was claimed to have been detained upon arrival in Lagos from France.
Obi, who made this assertion using his verified Twitter handle, stated: “Elections are not deemed free and fair when a certain group employs the tool of intimidation to ensure that the opposition is silenced, both at the campaigns and at the polls.
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“Peaceful assembly and unfettered electioneering campaigns are constitutionally guaranteed. Both and other ordered liberties cannot be breached wilfully by security agents.
“Recent reports of OBIdients being silently arrested by some security agents is extremely disturbing and condemnable,” Obi wrote on his verified Twitter handle.
“We must ensure that everyone is given a level playing field in the forthcoming elections, and that no eligible Nigerian, irrespective of ethnicity, religion, or political affiliation is disenfranchised, more so through violence and intimidation.
“I call on the Federal and State agencies to remind their operatives on the need to respect civil liberties.”
