The arrest of activist Michael Adaramoye [@LeninDcomrade] reveals a chilling reality behind the 2024 #EndBadGovernance protests: the use of opaque digital surveillance to criminalise peaceful dissent.
NIA operatives reportedly intercepted Adaramoye’s calls and movements days before storming his home, using his own phone data to confirm his identity.
After his arrest, Adaramoye spent 62 days in detention and at Kuje Correctional Centre under degrading conditions.
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"We were first arraigned on September 2nd 2024. We could not get our bail, despite the fact that it was very obvious that this case was politically motivated."
@A_MLenin says those arrested were detained for weeks on politically motivated treason charges.
Historic victory today!
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, struck out the treason and terrorism charges against 11 Endbadgovernance protesters and acquitted all of us. #Endbadgovernance
At the Youth Rights Campaign YRC & #EndBadGovernance Movement, Lagos State, Symposium yesterday we unveiled the memoir of @LeninDcomrade , written to give the account of his abduction and detention by the despotic @officialABAT regime during the EndBadGovernance protest in
Also speaking, Michael Adaramoye, National Mobilisation Officer of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), said: “The withdrawal of the U.S. from UNESCO exposes the hypocrisy of the American government and other imperialist powers who have always…
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Education Rights Campaign strongly condemns the @UniIbadan decision to suspend two student activists, Aduwo Ayodele and Mide Gbadegesin, for participating in a peaceful protest against school fee hike.
Lenin made the call in a post on Facebook on Wednesday after their court sitting in Abuja, urging Nigerians to pressure the government to withdraw the charges preferred against him and other protesters.
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Do we actually need Seyi to tell his Papa??
What we need is a mass protest to tell his papa that he is a terrible President! At that mass protest, I want to sing and dance to the Song ‘Tell your Papa’😁
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"The 11 End Bad Governance protesters who are starting trial are right now in a state of depression. Do you know why?...the judiciary is actually not serving as the last hope of the common man."
@HTSoweto says that the judiciary is failing to be the last hope for the common man.
This is Karu Bridge in Abuja where an explosion occurred around 6PM. Hours of fierce burning, yet no Fire service came to aid. Many lives have been lost. It is a painful reminder that we live in a dangerous society where our lives mean nothing to those who govern it.
This is in the Gwagwalada Area Council, where Hon. Shaggi who is the Chairman of the area council has refused to use public funds to provide infrastructural development for schools. The schools have become a horrible eyesore while roads are in shambles.
Shaggi is a total failure!
@SaharaReporters This is in the Gwagwalada Area Council, where Hon. Shaggi who is the Chairman of the area council has refused to use public funds to provide infrastructural development for schools. The schools have become a horrible eyesore while roads are in shambles.
Shaggi is a total failure!
The political crisis in Rivers State, which has gotten Tinubu's attention, pales in comparison to the economic chaos caused by the disastrous policies of APC/Tinubu administration.
Nigerians must declare a state of emergency on the Tinubu government and its system of disaster!