Rights lawyer tackles FG over alleged clampdown on dissent

By Henry Ojelu
Human rights lawyer and Amnesty International legal adviser, Kolawole Olaniyan, has tackled the President Bola Tinubu administration over what he described as the growing use of the criminal justice system and security agencies to intimidate critics and restrict dissent.
Olaniyan, in an article titled “When the State Turns the Law Against Dissent Under Tinubu’s Watch,” said Nigeria was witnessing “an increasingly repressive political and legal environment,” with threats, harassment and intimidation of activists, journalists and civil society organisations allegedly being compounded by the use of the criminal justice system.
He cited recent cases involving the Socio-Ec...