Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief today, he said that the suppression of protests and court restrictions on citizens’ rights to assemble freely are further proof that Nigeria has strayed from democratic norms.
Disagreeing with the idea of citizens needing police permission to protest, he stated that such a practice is completely unheard of in a democracy.
He maintained that the police should always remember that they are public servants, not gatekeepers of citizens’ rights.