One of the organisers of the nationwide hunger protest, Omoyelye Sowore, reveals the next move of the organisers of the 10-day demonstration and what the government should do to address their agitations in an interview with the Punch
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Do you have the record of protesters killed and arrested during the demonstration?
So far, we know of 17 persons murdered in cold blood by the Nigeria Police Force. We know of a police officer who was k!lled by a fellow policeman who rammed a water cannons armoured carrier into his van in Katsina State and an immigration officer who shot himself accidentally in Borno State.
We will never forget those who have put themselves in the line of fire for the country; those who have been k!lled, maimed, or injured simply because they came out to exercise their constitutional right to protest peacefully.
The government was the first to bring violence to the protest.
They were the first to use steam water cannons on peaceful protesters in Kano State. The first to fire bullets at protesters armed with nothing but placards.
We will seek legal redress for the government’s actions on behalf of these unjustly attacked and detained compatriots, and we will never forget.
One day, everyone who has committed these egregious crimes against the Nigerian people will be made to face the consequences of their crimes and the appropriate legal consequences for their actions
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