Crude Invasion of Edwin Clark’s House signposts Total Descent to Facism – Ozehkome

Wed, Sep 5, 2018 | By publisher


Politics

Mike Ozekhome, outspoken human right activist, has condemned in strong terms what he described as the crude invasion of the Asokoro home of elder stateman, Edwin Clark by men of the Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday, describing it as abominable and ironic.
The police who were allegedly searching  for  catchment of arms and ammunition in Clarks house following a tip-off found nothing in the house.
In a statement made available to Realnews, Ozekhome noted that it is abominable and ironic that “a 92 year old nonegenerian and non violent icon of the Nigerian struggle, who midwifed the Pan-Niger Delta Organization, PANDEF, that has so far helped to quell the usual recurrent  restiveness and arms struggle of Niger Delta militants, could be accused of stockpiling arms.
He wondered what an elder statesman that has never been linked to any form of violence in the country would be doing with arms at the age of 92, stating that the raid was an attempt to victimise him for being vocal against the anti-people’s policies of Buhari administration.

“It is conceded that the police can search the home of any Nigerian suspected of having committed an offence.

“But what arms could the police be looking for in the serene abode of an old man who has NEVER been involved in violent activities other than the barely veiled  advancement of a well choreographed act of intimidation, harassment and  coercion of all voices of dissent against the obnoxious policies of this vindictive and clueless government?”, Ozekhome queried.

He continued: “Recall that on two occasions in the last one month,Chief Clark (Pandef), Prof Ango Abdullahi (Northern Elders Forum), Chief Ayo Adebanjo (Afenifere), Chief John Nnia Nwodo (President-General,Ohaneze Ndigbo) and leaders of the Middle Belt had met in Abuja, wherein they discussed the faltering contraption called Nigeria.

“At those summits, they literally passed a vote of no confidence on the Buhari-led federal government, scored it abysmally low on all indices of governance, and actually gave him a red card, advising him to retire to his Daura home”.

– Sept. 5, 2018 @ 15:35 GMT |

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