#EndSARS: Buhari, CBN Have No Right To Freeze Protesters Account - Buba Galadima

A former close associate to President Muhammadu Buhari, Buba Galadima, has asked the president to direct the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the account of the individuals blocked as a result of their link with the #EndSARS protest.

Making this call while speaking on Arise TV on Monday, Galadima, who condemned the government for blocking the account of the #EndSARS promoters, said that the government has no right to block the account of Nigerians who were peacefully protesting.

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Further insisting that the clampdown on the #EndSARS protesters was unconstitutional, Galadima said: “What the government has done is not right. It has no such right or powers to block bonafide Nigerians from traveling out of the country or from accessing their (bank) accounts. Blocked for what? What have they done?

“These young men were peacefully protesting the actions, omissions or commissions of government. Why do you, after you persuaded them or after agents of government allegedly attacked or killed them, follow this draconian disposition of blocking their accounts? That is not constitutional.

“I’m sending this message to Mr. President whether he knows or he doesn’t know, let him be shown what I am saying. His people have no right to do what they are doing. Please, they should desist and unblock the accounts of these young people and allow them to carry on with their normal activities as Nigerians. You cannot harass them, we are in a democracy, we are not in a military regime.”

It will be recalled that Muiz Banire a former Lagos commissioner and Legal Adviser of the APC condemned the move by CBN to freeze the accounts of the #ENDSARS promoters.