The SDP maintained that Sowore had consistently complied with legal processes and posed no flight risk.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called for the immediate release of African Action Congress (AAC) National Chairman and presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, describing his remand at the Kuje Correctional Centre as a threat to democracy and an indication of an emerging authoritarian culture under the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
In a statement issued on Sunday by its South-West Zonal Organising Secretary, Comrade Wale Balogun, the party condemned Sowore's continued detention, arguing that it raised serious concerns about the rule of law and the protection of fundamental rights in Nigeria.
According to the SDP, Sowore's ordeal under successive All Progressives Congress (APC)-led governments since 2015 reflects "ominous signs of a budding civilian dictatorship and an alarming drift towards authoritarianism."
The party said, "The remand of a prominent opposition figure and activist under circumstances that appear politically charged is condemnable, unnecessary, and unacceptable in a constitutional democracy."
