Shehu Sani Faults Forceful Sit-at-Home Order In South East

Hamilton Nwosa
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After a viral video showed unknown gunmen enforcing sit-at-home orders in different parts of the Southeast region of Nigeria, a former senator who represented Kaduna Senatorial District in the 8th Senate, Senator Shehu Sani, on Monday, said there is something wrong with any sit-at-home order that required force or violence to enforce.

While recalling his struggle against military dictatorship under the platform of Campaign for Democracy, senator Sani who was arrested and jailed by successive military regimes in Nigeria, said during his time there was compliance even when the activists were not around to ensure that the people keep the faith.

Senator Sani who was released from life imprisonment when democracy was restored in Nigeria in 1999 recently tweeted, “Sit at home is a legitimate and non-violent means of public protest. We adopted that strategy during the years of our struggle against military dictatorship, under our group called the Campaign for Democracy.

“The masses complied in solidarity. Even when some of us were arrested and jailed, there was compliance.

“If you have to use force or violence for people to comply, as it’s now done in the South East, there’s something wrong with your cause or struggle.”

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