•CPC, CNPP, ACN, Dabiri-Erewa, Abuja NUJ react
National Chairman, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Prince Tony Momoh, Chairman, Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN), Alhaji Farouk Osuma, Hon.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties(CNPP)’s National Publicity Secretary
Osita Okechukwu and Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Abuja Council, Mr. Jacob Edi,
yesterday condemned the arrest of The Nation editors.
Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olusola Amore, a Deputy Commissioner of Police confirmed they were arrested based on a petition by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Amore refused to elaborate.
Momoh who spoke through the telephone said that anybody who felt that what the paper published is false should go to court.
He noted that government should endeavour to accommodate the operation of the media in a democratic system.
He said the Federal Government is unnecessarily heating up the polity by the way it reacts to issues.
“We condemn the arrest in totality, those arrested should be released without further delay,” he said.
Osuma said Obasanjo should go to court if he felt maligned.
He said:“This is another injustice and an abuse of the freedom of the press that is a fundamental human right.”
“We unequivocally condemn the arrest and demand their immediate release because press freedom is part of the democratic process,” he said.
Edi, who breezed in into The Nation Abuja office around 7.30 pm said the news of the arrest of Yusuf Alli, Yomi Odunuga and other editors came to the union as a rude shock.
CNPP’s Okechukwu said the arrest was unlawful and a gross violation of the freedom of expression and human rights.
CNPP, in a statement last night advised President Goodluck Jonathan to: “tread softly because the rule of law and due process are basic tenets and the bedrock of liberal democracy.
He said “busy body security operatives should not be allowed to resort to self-help.”
Okechukwu said the development is a gross violation of Freedom of expression and human rights.
“We condemn in no uncertain terms the resort to brigandage and self-help by the presidency; for the democratic best practices and rule of law recommend that whosoever feels aggrieved or that his rights have been violated is to proceed to court.
via The Nation
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