A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has said that the charges filed against the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, by President Muhammadu Buhari government contradict the philosophy of progressivism being championed by the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n
Sani said that the country\u2019s democracy is being hampered by the growing culture of intolerance to opposing opinions.<\/p>\n
According to the APC chieftain, the President\u2019s desire to build and leave behind an anti-corruption legacy should not be cited in the \u201cHuman rights graveyard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sani, however, appealed to President Buhari to drop the charges of money laundering and treasonable felony filed against Sowore.<\/p>\n
\u201cSowore\u2019s trial is unnecessary and uncalled for. It would only further stain the human rights record of this administration and diminish and dent the moral standing of our country,\u201d Sani was quoted as saying by the Nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a climate of fear, intimidation, and intolerance in the country and this contradicts the philosophy of progressivism the ruling establishment purports. The nation\u2019s democracy is imperiled by a growing state culture of intolerance of dissent and opposing opinions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President\u2019s desire to build and leave behind an anti-corruption legacy and tower should not be cited in the Human rights graveyard. If the ruling establishment is confident of its moral standing and support base, it should defeat Sowore with superior ideas and not persecute him.<\/p>\n
\u201cSowore\u2019s charges amount to electrocution of freedom. The Democratic credentials of any elected Government is not simply about the legitimacy of its mandate, but about the degree of its tolerance to dissent and its compliance with the fundamental principles of freedom.<\/p>\n
\u201cI appeal to the Federal Government to drop the charges filed against Sowore. Our Democracy is becoming inhabitable and inhospitable to its ideal content. When a state equates dissent to disloyalty, it progressively decays under the weight of its courtiers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has said that the charges filed against the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, by President Muhammadu Buhari government contradict the philosophy of progressivism being championed by the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). Sani said that the country\u2019s democracy is being hampered by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":13230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[97,195,674],"class_list":["post-15834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-buhari","tag-shehu-sani","tag-sowore"],"yoast_head":"\n