Sowore Criticises Limitation To Freedom Of Expression, Says Nigeria Never Became Truly Democratic
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised limitations to freedom of expression, saying Nigeria has not become a democratic nation.
Sowore made this statement on Wednesday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.
This is shortly after he got out of the Kuje correctional facility following his N200 million bail at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over alleged defamation of President Bola Tinubu.
“Nigeria had a transition to civil rule, but never became a democratic nation. We don’t have the basic tenets of democracy.
“Because the military left and abandoned us with a constitution we didn’t know how it was written doesn’t mean we have democratic rule.
“Limitations to freedom of expression should be regulated according to the law and not by those in power.
“If the law says you can speak truth to power, nobody should have the right to prevent you from expressing yourself. They are interested only in punishing me without conviction,” he said.
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