The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has barred him from leaving the country because his name is on their watchlist.
Sowore disclosed this in a statement and video shared on his X account on Friday.
He stated that he was being subjected to harassment and violation of his rights.
He wrote, “The Nigerian Immigration Service #nigimmigration continues to subject me to unwarranted harassment and abuse. Violating my rights repeatedly.
“Today, again, they stopped me on my way out of Nigeria, claiming I am placed on their WATCHLIST!”
The video showed Sowore questioning an officer of the Immigration Service, requesting to see their superior.
Protest: Sowore Speaks On Overthrowing Tinubu’s Government
Meanwhile, Sowore, has knocked the government of President Bola Tinubu for suggesting that there is a link between the protests in some parts of the country and possible plans to overthrow the government.
Sowore argued that it was hypocritical of the government to tell Nigerians to shelve their grievances and wait until the next election cycle in 2027.
He said this against the backdrop of the government’s response to the #EndBadGovernance protests in which protesters were told to wait till 2027 to express their grievances at the polls.
Naija News recalls after the #EndBadGovernanace protest, some protesters were arrested and charged to court for alleged attempts to overthrow the Tinubu government.
Speaking on Tuesday during the fresh #FearlessInOctober protest in Ikeja, Lagos State, Sowore denied any plan by the protesters to overthrow the government.
The news publisher also noted that when the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in the opposition, they also carried out the Occupy Nigeria protests while a sitting government was in place.
“When the APC wanted to come to power — there was a government in place — they started protesting in 2012. The election was in 2015. Did they wait for 2015 before they started Occupy Nigeria? That is my answer, they are just a bunch of hypocrites,” Sowore told FIJ.
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