Just In – Security Operatives Arrest Hassan Soweto, SPN Leaders, Journalists , Others …. JAF Demands Their Immediate Release

Just In – Security Operatives Arrest Hassan Soweto, SPN Leaders, Journalists , Others …. JAF Demands Their Immediate Release .

Nigeria Police Force(NPF) and other security operatives have arrested comrade Hassan Taiwo , Socialist Party of Nigeria(SPN) leaders, journalists and others this morning while exercising their fundamental human rights of freedom of expression and peaceful protest against fuel price hike , increase in electricity tariff and deregistration of SPN .

Joint Action Front(JAF) has demanded for their immediate and unconditional released. This is contained in a release issued by Comrade Abiodun Aremu(Aremson), JAF national secretary and made available to the pressmen .

” RELEASE SPN NATIONAL SECRETARY CHINEDU BOSAH, DAGA TOLAR, HASSAN SOWETO, JOURNALISTS & OTHERS ARRESTED UNCONDITIONALLY!

The attention of the Joint Action Front (JAF) has just been drawn to the illegal arrest of several comrades of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) by police and security operatives of the Area C Command.

Journalists who were covering the event were also arrested alongside the leaders and members of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) for protesting this morning against fuel price hike, electricity tariff and deregistration of SPN .

The arrested people include Comrades Ayo Ademiluyi, Duro, Engels, Davinovich and several others.

JAF hereby demands the immediate and unconditional release of all the arrested comrades and the journalists who did no wrong in exercising their legitimate and constitutional rights of expression and protest.

Signed:
Comrade Abiodun Aremu
JAF Secretary .