Activists Give Buhari 7-Day Ultimatum To Withdraw Charges Against Sowore, Agba Jalingo, Others

A group, Take It Back Movement has asked the a federal government to reverse all anti-people’s policies and laws and also release activists who participated in the Revolution Now protest last year.

The group issued a 7-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to drop charges against the founder of the movement, Mr Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Adebayo Bakare (Mandate), Agba Jalingo, and five other activists that were arrested.

It also called for a referendum saying that the current constitution of Nigeria is fraudulent and not people-oriented.

Addressing a press conference at the Osun NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel in Osogbo on Wednesday, the acting Coordinator of Take It Back Movement, Mr Ola-Oluwa Owoeye asked the Presidency to desist from manipulating the judiciary in the trial of the activists.

The five activists currently facing trial in Osun state are Fagunwa Temitope, Owolabi Olawale, Oluwafemi Johnson, Owoeye Ola-oluwa and Omoloye Stephen.

Owoeye said “it is a tragedy that a country that has overtaken India as the World’s poverty capital, is still very committed to keeping the most expensive legislature in the world while over 87 million Nigerians wallow in extreme poverty. The bulk of our national wealth
feeding the greedy few while the needs of citizens for decent life is largely ignored.

“No gainsaying, the present day government has failed the people of Nigeria in terms of provision of basic necessities of life, such as, security, employment opportunities, sound health facilities, working economic plans, qualitative education and end to systemic corruption.

“In this view, it is crystal obvious that unless the body of the masses revolt with massive resistance, these agents of political and economic misfortune will continue to milk us dry and living of our national wealth at the expense of our future and generation unborn.

” On this note, we hive the government a 7 day ultimatum to reverse all anti-peoples’ policies and laws that have over the years held the people hostage and with immediate effect and obvious commitment, commence the implementation of the highlighted revolutionary demands.

“We want the government to release all Prisoner of Conscience, to include, Agba Jalingo, Odok and others and also drop all charges against the #Osun05, Sowore Omoyele, Olawale Adebayo Bakare (Mandate), Agba Jalingo, and all other prisoners conscience.

” We want the government to respect rule of law and the inalienable Fundamental Human Rights, and desist from manipulating the judiciary to justify their illegal subjugation.”