The popular Abuja-based political blogger, Abubakar Sidiq, who was in the late hours of Tuesday, August 9, 2016, released by the
Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after spending more than 36
hours in detention over what the anti-graft agency termed as 'offences
bordering on cyber stalking', has slammed the Buhari administration for
allegedly enabling acts that contradicted the spirit of his campaign.
He took to his website this morning to release a statement titled, "#FreeAbuSidiq: Thank You Message By Abubakar Sidiq Usman."
Read it in full below;
"I would like to thank my family, my friends, my legal team,
the members of the All Progressives Congress Youth Forum (APYF),
political parties, members of the Nigerian online community irrespective
of their affiliations, and hundreds of thousands of Nigerians who in
one way or another spoke out against my unconstitutional detention by
the EFCC.
"Your tweets, posts, and demands for the constitutionally
guaranteed right to freedom of speech led to my release and the victory
that we have achieved today.
"This experience has stirred up broader conversations on the
roles of our statutory established institutions, the parameters of our
laws, and our civil liberties as citizens of our great Federal Republic.
"Moving forward, I will be pursuing all legal and
constitutionally established avenues to ensure that this does not repeat
itself.
"This is a government that I fought for. But occurrences like
these are not the experiences that myself and millions of Nigerians have
fought for.
"I hope that we can use this to rectify the wrongs in our system towards the attainment of a more sustainable democracy.
"The reason(s) for my arrest will be made know to you all.
"Thank you all for the love and support you showed me
"Abubakar Sidiq “Abusidiq” Usman"
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