Galadima criticizes govt action, tells Buhari to unfreeze accounts of #EndSARS promoters
By Modupe Shodeinde
Buba Galadima, former political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, has criticized the freezing of #EndSARS promoters’ accounts and urged the President to give the order for them to be unblocked.
Galadima says this on Monday on Arise TV’s The Morning Show programme, where he stated that the clampdown on #EndSARS campaigners by the Buhari administration is unconstitutional.
According to him, the government has no right or powers to block Nigerians from travelling out of the country or from accessing their bank accounts for unclear offences.
“These young men were peacefully protesting the actions, omissions or commissions of government. Why do you, after you persuaded them or after agents of government allegedly attacked or killed them, follow this draconian disposition of blocking their accounts? That is not constitutional.
“I’m sending this message to Mr President whether he knows or he doesn’t know, let him be shown what I am saying. His people have no right to do what they are doing. Please, they should desist and unblock the accounts of these young people and allow them to carry on with their normal activities as Nigerians.
“You cannot harass them, we are in a democracy, we are not in a military regime.” Galadima said.
It was reported that the Central Bank of Nigeria obtained a court order to freeze the accounts of 19 persons and a firm involved in the #EndSARS protests. They were accused of having possible links to terrorist activities.
The Nigeria Immigration Service also prevented an #EndSARS campaigner, Modupe Odele, from travelling out of the country.
