AGENE GODWIN, Benin
A socio-political group, the League of Edo Professionals, on Saturday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to respect citizens’ fundamental human rights in his quest to rid the country of corruption.
The group’s spokesman, Mr Imevbore Legogie stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin.
The group also urged the President to call the security agencies to order in the discharge of their duties.
While reacting to the continued detention of the Chairman Emeritus, DAAR Communications, Dr Raymond Dokpesi, noted that his continued detention was a violation of his fundamental rights.
They noted that as much as the current anti corruption crusade of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government may be desirous, it must not be prosecuted at the expense of citizens’ fundamental liberties and human rights.
They said that the continued detention of Dr. Dokpesi and others who are frontline opposition party members is capable of sending the signal that the President was on a vendetta.
They, however, reminded the President that Nigerians voted for change and not “MILITOCRACY,” stressing that the the way things were going, the nation was tending towards a one party state which would kill the country’s democracy if care was not taken.
They then called for the immediate release of Dokpesi who was arrested on Tuesday, December 1, for being a part of the arms purchase scandal involving the office of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki.
Dokpesi was arrested, quizzed and is currently being detained by the EFCC over the alleged N2.1bn he purported received from the office of the NSA.
The Edo state born former AIT boss has admitted receiving same amount which he said was meant for the publicity and campaign documentaries he carried out for the former President, Goodluck Jonathan.
Dokpesi is being detained alongside others, among who is Dasuki and the former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa.
