8, February 2025
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Nigerian human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress(AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has sounded a warning about the dangers of a society without activism.
According to Sowore, any society that lacks activists is vulnerable to exploitation and oppression by “malevolent forces”.
Sowore took to social media to express his concerns, stating that a society without activists is like being “between a pestle and a mortar, to be pummelled” by various negative forces.
He wrote: “Any society devoid of activists is a society that is unjustly placed between a pestle and a mortar, to be pummeled by all sorts of malevolent forces!
#RevolutionNow.
“It is the principal ambition of oppressive forces that there are no activists, dissenters, conscientious objectors.”
His warning is seen as a call to action for citizens to become more engaged and active in promoting justice and holding those in power accountable.
Sowore’s #RevolutionNow movement has been at the forefront of advocating for social and political change in Nigeria.
His recent activities have been towards calls for reforms of the Nigerian Police Force.
SaharaReporters had reported how Sowore described Muyiwa Adejobi, the police Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, as “evil” and accused him of repeatedly attempting to have him arrested.
According to Sowore, Adejobi tried to orchestrate his arrest on several occasions, but his efforts were thwarted.
He said, “Muyiwa was the one who tried to force the police to arrest me several times but everybody refused and they later got head of Force Intelligence Department (FID), Deputy Inspector General of Police,
Dasuki D. Galadanchi to invite me and when I appeared, they arrested me.
“All was the handiwork of Muyiwa but they didn’t know it would be a blow to their faces. They didn’t know they were playing with the wrong people.”
The activist had also accused Adejobi of wielding undue influence over his superiors within the police force.
(www.naija247news.com)
