Outspoken
former New Media Director to the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Deji
Adeyanju has been arrested by men of the Nigerian police.
Prince Deji Adeyanju
The Convener of Concerned Nigeria group, Prince Deji Adeyanju, has
been reportedly arrested by the Nigeria Police over a planned protest,
Punch reports.
It was gathered that the former New Media Director to the Peoples
Democratic Party, had on Thursday announced the group would organise a
protest against the continued incarceration of the leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Adeyanju and another leader of the movement, Brian Jonah Dennis, were reportedly arrested on Friday at Unity Fountain in Abuja.
Vanguard in its report had stated that Deji had in a series of tweets on Friday said: “I am at the Unity Fountain and Officers of The Nigerian police are trying to stop me from entering the Unity Fountain park .”
“Over 300 Police officers have manned the Unity Fountain to stop the #NoToSecretTrial procession for Nnamdi Kanu.”
“All entrances to the Unity Fountain have been barricaded by officers of the Nigerian Police.”
Then he finally tweeted, “Arrested,” suggesting he had been arrested.
Recall that Prince Adeyanju had, yesterday, alleged that he
received life threats from the security operatives comprising the
Police, the army and the men of the Department of State Security
Services, DSS after he was invited and persuaded to step-down the
planned peaceful protest against the federal government’s insistence of a
secret trial for the Biafran group leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
According to him, ““Just got out of a 1-hour meeting with
Commissioner of Police of FCT. In attendance was a Director of DSS and
Brigade Commander of the Army.
“They said there’s security concerns over our rallies: #SayNoToSecretTrial of Nnamdi Kanu #FreeZakZakky
I asked what concern: No Answer.
“Then threats and more threats.
“I told them, rally will go on as planned tomorrow for #SayNoToSecretTrial and #FreeZakZakky on Wednesday.
“Then threats and more threats.
I told them, rally will go on as planned tomorrow for #SayNoToSecretTrial and #FreeZakZakky on Wednesday.
“The DSS guy said: Deji, we have never disturbed you in all
your rallies. Why ZakZakky and Kanu “They have a major issue with
ZakZakky & Kanu.”
Recall also that the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and other pro-Biafra
supporters have been detained since October 14, 2015, by the DSS over
alleged treasonable felony and illegal association preferred against
them by the federal government.
Although the later charge was later struck out by the court wherein
IPOB or Biafra was declared not an illegal association and Mr. Kanu and
other detainees granted bail by various courts, the federal government
has continued to detain them.
Consequently, the group who, in a statement signed by both its
Convener, Prince Deji Adeyanju and its Secretary, Dr. John Danfulani,
had given reasons for the planned peaceful protest, saying it became
necessary to stage it because, such secret trial as being pushed by the
federal government does not serve the interest of the course of
justice.”
As at the time of filling this report, efforts to reach Mr.
Adeyanju proved abortive while no statement had equally been gotten from
the Police concerning the alleged arrest.
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