Re – "if the Federal Govt was not convinced Sowore will not pose a threat if released."
In the present case as it currently stands against Sowore, it would seem that the fine print of the law is itself on trial, the law of what constitutes legitimate freedom of speech, what does and does not constitute legitimate protest and what indeed constitutes treason and/or a threat to public order such as a threat to the overthrow – by violent means, of a government and authority that is legitimate, was democratically elected and should only be removed or replaced democratically, i.e. through the ballot box.
There are those who may not like the fine print of the written law and if there have been no previous protests about that fine print or any previous attempts to amend it, it could be a little late in the day to be having second thoughts about it, now.
The Government authorities will be anxious to make an example of Sowore and that their judgment should serve as a deterrent to any other revolutionary upstarts/ whippersnappers who may want to make or inspire certain moves or movements to overthrow their legitimate and democratically elected Governmental Authority, violently…
To who it may concern: All of us.
This is not a laughing matter. Dis na serious thing. Will the trial be a public one or will it be held in camera? Or will it be a Military Tribunal (with the firing squad resting in their barracks or are they just around the corner and just waiting for the orders to perform the execution?
If it is a public trial then Sowore in his own self-defence could be appealing beyond the Judges in whose presence he will stand, the lead prosecutor attorney-general and other apostles of the law arrayed against him in the courtroom, and simultaneously be appealing to the Nigerian masses and indeed a captive worldwide audience, far from Abuja, including many revolutionary spirits in faraway South Africa, Kenya, Cuba, nearby Ghana, who will be watching how such a trial proceeds, with avid interest.
What kind of defence is Sowore likely to put up? Sowore and his defence team could learn a thing or two from the kinds of defence put up in the following cases all of which have verbatim records that are published, are available (I have them) and that I have read:
The Chicago Seven Conspiracy trial and Dave Dellinger's Revolutionary nonViolence
By the way, why does the BBC think that the funny Nigerian Man-Friday version of pidgin English is the dominant pidgin in the universe of Pidgin?
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-49189069
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-49779840
On Saturday, 7 December 2019 17:34:49 UTC+1, OLAYINKA AGBETUYI wrote:
I have always thought this development was most likely to happen if the Federal Govt was not convinced Sowore will not pose a threat if released.
I did not want to mention it in advance lest the messenger be attacked in lieu of the message. Its a cat and mouse game that can go on indefinitely to unsettle the publisher so long as he identifies himself with RevolutionNow.
The state would argue it has a public order duty to perform.
OAA
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