A civil society group the Nigerian Women Unity Forum For Good
Governance has called on the Department of State security DSS to as a matter of
urgency, release the past Chief Security Officer to former president Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan. Mr. Godwin Obuah the former CSO to the ex-President was
arrested last Thursday for yet to be disclosed reasons. Reports from sources
also suggest that Obuah being a diabetic patient has not been able to be
attended by a doctor or has he seen members of his family.
The group through its National Leader Mrs. Felicia Okoro said
the continued detention of the former CSO amounts to a complete abuse of his
human rights. The statement said it is regretful that the present
administration has chosen the ignoble road of trampling on the rights of
Nigerians whom he swore in the constitution to defend. It wondered why the
reason for his arrest is been kept warning that Nigerians will not fold their
hands while innocent persons are hounded by the present administration through
the DSS.
The group warned the APC led government at the center to
avoid the pitfalls associated with the military which their Leader Muhammadu
Buhari unfortunately, is part of. The group said as women interested in women
development, it is appalled that a man like Mr. Godwin Obuah will be
incarcerated and kept out from seeing his family. While condemning this act it
said it feels the pains of his wife and family who will be suffering strong
psychological trauma especially considering the way and manner he has diligently
served the country.
The group advised the President and those prodding him in his
road to infamy to look at better ways of delivering their ‘change’ promise
without been seen to be trampling on the rights of their perceived enemies
stressing that Nigerians will stand up to fight against such tendency no matter
the excuse given to rationalize what it calls ‘selective witch hunt’. “We
believe that the fact that Buhari became the president of this country despite
failed attempts is not to selectively deal with members of the opposition party
and his perceived enemies but to do his best to clear the rot left by those who
have milked the country dry from the days of independence. He should learn to
carry out his anti-corruption crusade quietly without being seen to be persecuting
his enemies. This is democracy and the tenets of democracy must be respected no
matter how in hurry he may seem to be” the women group posited.
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