EndBadGovernance: Group demands release of Michael Lennin, others

A group, Save-Public-Education-Campaign, Nigeria, SPEC, has demanded the unconditional release of Comrade Michael Lennin and other activists arrested alongside him amid the ongoing nationwide EndBadGovernance protests.

The group alleged that Lennin, an educational Rights Activist and others were abducted by security agencies on Monday, 5th August, 2024.

In a statement issued on Tuesday by the convener, Comrade Vivian Bello, he condemned the incident in strong terms.

The statement reads in part” The Save Public-Education-Campaign, Nigeria, SPEC has condemned in strong terms the abduction of Michael Lennin, an educational rights activist in the wee hours of Monday, the 5th of August.

“Lennin is a very committed and patriotic citizen who has vigorously championed the cause of access to education for youths and the masses of Nigeria.

“He is the national coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign, (ERC), a sister organization with which SPEC collaborates closely, in its works.

“Lennin has been actively involved in coordinating the peaceful Mass Protest in Abuja, going on to demand an end to bad governance in the country.

“Information reaching Save-Public-Education-Campaign, Nigeria, showed that Michael Lennin along with two other activists, Mosiu Sodiq and Sankara, were abducted in a gestapo manner from their abode by these security operatives, taken away and have since remained incommunicado.

“The Save-Public-Education-Campaign, hereby demand the immediate and unconditional release of Comrade Lennin and the other activists arrested alongside him.

“Lennin and his co-activists have not committed any offence and this brazen abduction and illegal detention represent yet another sad phase of state-sponsored repression against civic space.”

The group demanded that the detainees be released or charged to court if there is any case against them.