Release Jonathan Elendu
His Excellency Musa Yaradua, the President of Federal Republic of NigeriaSen. David Mark, the Senate PresidentHon. Oladimeji Sabur Bankole, Speaker of the House of RepresentativesMichael Kaase Aondoak... continue reading »
"Elendu's detention without trial makes us wonder if Nigeria is really in a democracy. Otherwise, why hasn't he bee charged to court and or allowed access to his lawyers. Release Elendu now"
"Mr. President, wake up and do your freaking job!!!"
"The continued detention of Elendu is a manifestation of traits of dictatorship by the morally bankrupt Yar'adua's government. It is not only a rape of the rule of law upon which the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is founded but also the r"
"May we live to see a day when we as Nigerian are allowed to express our views without risking arrest by the Government "elected" to protect us."
"Elendu's arrest is distasteful and ridiculous. He should be released immediately."
"Giving Mr Elendu a day in court will further prove that Nigeria practices the rule of law. Nigerians should be guaranteed a freedom of speech."
"Freedom of Speech and Press must be respected in Nigeria."
"Nigerian leaders must support the Nigerian Constitution, which they swore an oath to uphold. Charge citizens for a crime when there is evidence, but holding a Nigerian citizen without charges is a flagrant violation of not only the Nigerian Constitution b"
"Charge him to court or release him now. Continued detention without trial is not acceptable to Nigerians and Nigerian democracy"
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"Release him if he is innocent or charge him if he is guilty. The continued detention and/or arrest is uncalled for if he is innocent."
"This is unacceptable. Nigeria is sliding toward a slippery slope."
"Freedom for one is freedom for all."
"The SSS has no plausible reasons to continue to detain Elendu, except that it wants to suppress every dissenting voice against the Yar'adua-led government. It should release Elendu to redeem the battered image of the country, resulting from the criminal u"
"One giant step backwards for Nigeria"
"The case of Elendu represents a microcosm of the difficulty Nigeria continues to have in finally closing the book on its tyrannical past with military dictatorships."
"I strongly commend your efforts. Today is Mr ELENDU ; Tomorrow may be you or myself. This is what democracy and freedom of speech entails, Thanks"