Soyinka stated this in a statement titled ‘Sowore, human rights and the rule of law’ following the Federal Government’s refusal to release the detained publisher of an online news medium, SaharaReporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore, after meeting stringent bail conditions.
The Nobel laureate said, “It should become abundantly clear by now that civil society organisations, committed to the entrenchment of the rule of law and the defence of fundamental human rights must come together. This is not a new cry. They must meet, debate, and embark on a binding pact of tactical responses whenever these two pillars of civilised society are besieged by the demolition engines of state security agencies.
Saying it was heart-warming to witness the determined efforts of “Concerned Nigerians” in defence of these rights, Soyinka said predictably, the ham-fisted response of the DSS continued to defy the rulings of the court.
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