September 09, (THEWILL) – International human rights group, Amnesty International (AI), has called on President Bola Tinubu to stop cracking down on the rights of Nigerians to hold dissenting voices.
The demand follows the invasion of the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Monday, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS)
THEWILL had earlier reported that Nigeria’s secret police occupied the Abuja office of SERAP, demanding the directors of the human rights group.
The invasion came after the arrest of Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), by DSS operatives on Monday, in Abuja.
In a statement posted on its X page on Monday, Amnesty International said the unlawful invasion of the Abuja office of the civic advocacy organisation showed President Tinubu is going too far to gag dissenting voices.
“Amnesty International received a disturbing report of the unlawful invasion of the Abuja office of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) by operatives of DSS. President Bola Tinubu is going too far in his government’s repressive efforts to gag dissenting voices,” the statement read.
