DSS arrests leader of #EndBadGovernance protest in Abuja
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Micheal Lenin, one of the leaders of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory.
It was reported that Lenin was taken into custody around 2am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT.
Damilare Adenola, the Director of Mobilisation for the Take It Back Movement, said the DSS conducted a raid on Lenin’s home during his arrest.
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He further claimed that he was subjected to assault during the arrest.
Adenola stated, “Lenin has been arrested by the DSS. He was taken during a raid on his house around 2am.
He was arrested and tortured in front of his family. We are calling for his immediate and unconditional release.”
Lenin, who is the National Coordinator, of the Youth Rights Campaign, was one of the organisers who spoke at a press briefing expressing disappointment with President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast on Sunday.
At the briefing, he said the President’s broadcast demonstrated that he is out of touch with reality in the country.
He said, “We wish to express our sadness and deep disappointment at the latest broadcast by President Tinubu which is his first address to the nation on the #EndBadGovernance protests, after over three weeks since Nigerians started mobilising to take to the streets and after scores of dead protesters and assaulted journalists from the first three days of the protests.
“Many had requested that the President should just address the nation when the protest was being mobilised and when it started to escalate, but most of us did not know that the President would only justify state violence on protesters and journalists while dismissing the demands of the protesters whenever he decides to speak.
“This, plus the failed attempt to co-opt the progressive and radical language of the protests only shows how much President Tinubu is out of touch with the masses.“
Lenin, however, said the protest would continue massively on Monday, calling on the citizens to come out in large numbers.
He said, “We, therefore, call on Nigerians to come out in large numbers to continue these protests on Monday until our demands are met. The two-pronged approach of violence and propaganda has failed.
“The violence and repressions are just attempts to silence and control us, and the propaganda cannot sway or fool us.”
Proofreading by Fa’izatu Aliyu Doma, Journalist at Neptune Prime.
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