The Department of State Services has picked up a leader of the ongoing hunger protesters in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Lenin.
Operatives of the DSS arrested Lenin around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT.
The Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, revealed that the operatives invaded Lenin’s house, adding that Lenin was assaulted during his arrest.
Adenola said, “Lenin was tortured in the presence of his family. We are demanding his immediate and unconditional release. “
The DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, was yet to speak on the arrest of Linen as of the time of filing this report.
Lenin is the National Coordinator of the Youth Rights Campaign.
He is one of the organisers who spoke at a press briefing expressing disappointment with President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast on Sunday.
At the briefing, he said the President’s broadcast demonstrated that he is out of touch with reality in the country.
He said, “We wish to express our sadness and deep disappointment at the latest broadcast by President Tinubu which is his first address to the nation on the #EndBadGovernance protests, after over three weeks since Nigerians started mobilising to take to the streets and after scores of dead protesters and assaulted journalists from the first three days of the protests.
“Many had requested that the President should just address the nation when the protest was being mobilised and when it started to escalate, but most of us did not know that the President would only justify state violence on protesters and journalists while dismissing the demands of the protesters whenever he decides to speak.
“This, plus the failed attempt to co-opt the progressive and radical language of the protests only shows how much President Tinubu is out of touch with the masses. “
Lenin said the protest would continue massively on Monday and calling Nigerians to come out in large numbers and continue the protest “until our demands are met.
“The violence and repressions are just attempts to silence and control us, and the propaganda cannot sway or fool us.”
