“Even Children Aren’t Safe,” Says Sowore, Condemning Tinubu’s Regime

Nigerian activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s administration for endangering the welfare of children in the country.

Speaking as a guest in a broadcast by VOPTV on YouTube, Sowore specifically condemned the jailing of children who participated in the #EndBadGovernance protests and individuals who spoke out against government officials, maintaining that the current government has no respect for the rule of law and fundamental human rights.

He said, “He (Tinubu) has the same characteristic with the military. In fact, what he is doing is worse than what the military did. This idea of jailing children after protests, jailing people for speaking against government officials. This is what the Decree 2 and Decree 4 people were doing under the military.

“It (Tinubu’s administration) is worse than the military. The military did not even jail children during their era, they did not charge children.”

Speaking in Pidgin, he also criticized President Bola Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope” slogan, claiming that it has only brought hopelessness to the Nigerian people. He argued that the current administration has failed to live up to its promises, instead overseeing a worsening of living conditions and a decline in respect for the rule of law and human rights.  , he said, “We have to keep telling the people. They (Tinubu government) talk say they bring renewed hope, nah hopelessness dem bring. Before e dey difficult to tell people how things bad reach, but this one (brought by Tinubu government) nah your stomach go tell you say time hard.”