Legendary rapper Eedris Abdulkareem has reacted to the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow movement.
Sowore who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, at the 2019 presidential election, was picked up by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday morning, August 3, 2019.
Sowore had earlier twitted to confirm his arrest, saying “DSS invades Sowore’s.” He later added another tweet which seemingly confirmed that his phone was seized while trying to raise the alarm about his arrest.
Veteran singer and activist Abdulkareem, detested by the arrest, lambasted the federal government while describing Sowore’s arrest as “ignoble arrest” that is “outrightly cowardly and defeatist.”
Abdulkareem on his Instagram page said, “the news of the ignoble arrest of the Revolution Now project convener Mr Femi Sowore is to say the least very regrettable and equally ludicrous’.
“Arresting Mr. Sowore and trying to intimade the citizenry is outrightly cowardly and defeatist. Nigerians are truly tired of the staus quo and desire, or rather demand a true change. And no amount of intimidation or harassment is ever going to change this.
“Revolutionnow is for every Nigerian, irrespective of class, creed or tongue…Indeed and truly, the future of our land is in our hands.
“It is therefore very imperative to mention at this juncture that tbe arrest of Femi Sowore rather than throwing us in disarray as they envisaged, have rather succeeded in energizing and propelling our collective zeal the more.Forward we March on the 5th of August.There’s no going back.”