Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, human rights lawyer and Special Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government over double standards. Ejimakor noted that the Nigerian government has repeatedly detained human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, for exercising his rights to free speech, expression, and peaceful protest, while extending negotiations and concessions to known armed terrorists in the country.

The organisation warned that the growing use of criminal prosecutions against critics poses a serious threat to democratic governance and civic space in Nigeria.

Nigerian journalist and activist, Kemi Olunloyo, has attacked the administration of President Bola Tinubu over the prosecution and prison remand of human rights activist and…