Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC and activist Omoyele Sowore has described as no crime, flying of Russian flag during the end bad Government Protest.
He disclosed this amid mass arrest by the police of those flying Russian flag during the exercise.
Sowore insisted that it is not a treasonable offence.
According to him, Christian leaders fly Israeli flags in churches, while a lot people fly Palestinian flags in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
Recall that Gen Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff, said that those involved in the act would be dealt with inline with the laws after security meeting with President Tinubu.
“We are warning in clear terms, and the president has also said we should convey this: We will not accept anybody, any individual flying any foreign flag in Nigeria.
“That is a treasonable offence, and it will be viewed and treated as such. So, nobody should allow himself to be used by any individual,” he said.
However, in a post on his X handle on Tuesday, Sowore described the position of the military as diversionary, saying it’s to make Nigerians forget the reason for the protest.
He said: “There is no crime flying Russian flags during protests, it is not TREASON. Christian leaders fly Israeli flags in churches, and lots of people fly Palestinian flags in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
“This is completely diversionary so that Nigerians would forget the reason there is an #EndBadGovernancelnNigeria revolt against the @officialABAT regime.
“You’re all acting like you care about the Nigerian flag, if so why did you ask the same @HQNigerianArmy to murder young Nigerians waving flags and singing national anthem during the #EndSARS uprising in 2020? Bunch of liars! #RevolutionNow.”
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