Former Vice President and People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has has condemned the continual mention of civil rights activist, Mr. Omoyele Sowore by the IGo Monitoring Team of the Nigeria’ Police describing it as shameful and an abuse of power.
In a post in his verified Meta timeline, he further described the action as ‘ personal vendetta and not policing. ‘
Below is the full text of his condemnation of the police action
“The treatment of Omoyele Sowore by the IGP Monitoring Team is a shameful abuse of power. It is wrong, unlawful, and must be condemned by all who believe in justice.
Sowore’s only offence is speaking out against injustice, nepotism, and misrule. For that, he was reportedly attacked at dawn, beaten, had his arm broken, and sprayed with chemicals by policemen acting on petitions from the IGP’s own office.
This is personal vendetta, not policing.
Even the Nigeria Police Regulation forbids this. Regulation 367 states:
“No police officer shall institute any legal proceeding in his own personal interest or in connection with matters arising out of his public duties.”
The IGP cannot be a complainant and still deploy the force to carry out his grievance.
This is not about Sowore alone, it is an attack on every Nigerian who dares to speak truth to power.
This must stop.
And Sowore should be released immediately, and unconditionally, too”. -AA
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