Aborishade
disclosed in the petition how in two different occasions, alleged
assassins threatened to kill him because of his doggedness.
“They threatened to take me to the bush to kill me, adding ‘won lo lagidi’, meaning ‘they say you could be stubborn.
“In
my over 55 years of existence as a human being, I have used the
greatest part of my conscious life stubbornly advocating and fighting
for good governance based on socialist principles, in spite of
cumulative years of detention and prison experiences, without trial –
all based on public interest advocacy.” Mr. Aborisade said.
Furthermore,
the Human Rights Activist lamented the inability of security agents
around his area to respond to distress calls at the time of these
attacks.
He
said, “As soon as the attackers arrived on 29 December, I called the
telephone number of the Chief Security Officer of The Polytechnic,
Ibadan. The
number did not go through. I called the telephone number of the Control Room of the Security Department. As soon as I told them that armed men were around attacking my family, the connection
appeared lost.
number did not go through. I called the telephone number of the Control Room of the Security Department. As soon as I told them that armed men were around attacking my family, the connection
appeared lost.
“This
experience was similar during the first attack on 22 November when I
called the telephone number of the Chief Security Officer (CSO); the
line rang but
there was no response.”
there was no response.”
The senior lecturer however urged the Nigerian Police Force to provide maximum protection for him.
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