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ABORISADE CONDEMNS POLICE ACTION IN EKITI


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CITY LAWYER, Femi Aborisade has condemned the actions of the police at Ekiti where the police sprayed tear gas on people going for political rally. He decried the act and reminded the police that police permit is not require for assemblage.

“I am just coming out of the court in Owerri, Imo State. So, I have not had an opportunity to monitor the development in EKITI state closely to determine whether or not Governor Fayose was teargassed at the PDP rally. If Governor Fayose’s claim is true, I condemn the repression of the PDP rally by the Police in the same way in which I condemned the undemocratic attack on the right of freedom of movement of some APC Governors who wanted to attend the APC rally in support of former Governor Fayemi in 2014.
“I have just listened to the Deputy Inspector General of Police,  Mr Habila Joshak (on Channels TV NEWS  about 6pm today, 11th July 2018) who glibly stated that the Police stopped the rally being led by Governor Fayose because no police permit was obtained and that no rally would be allowed without police permit.
“With all the veins in me, with all my being, i cry “foul” and “No”. Our courts have pronounced that Nigerians have the right to protest and embark on rallies peacefully without police permit. While the police have the right to arrest any protester who infringes on the law in the course of rallies, the police have no right to decree that protesters must first obtain police permit.
“The APC government should not take us back to the dark days of the military. We reject that statement and the repression of the PDP rally in EKITI state as undemocratic, barbaric, totalitarian, backward, illegal and unconstitutional.
“If the police can prevent peaceful rallies led by a Governor, ordinary people, students and workers would be more viciously repressed.
“No to attacks on democratic rights without justifiable cause”.



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