Civil Society Organisations in Rivers State have criticized the Federal Government’s clampdown on organizers and campaigners of the #EndSARS protests across the country.
The Federal Government had since November 4 began clamping down on campaigners of #EndSARS protests by freezing their bank accounts and also barring some from traveling out of the country.
Among those whose bank accounts were frozen is a Port Harcourt-based pharmacist, Bassey Israel, who was in charge of the #EndSARS medical team in the Rivers State capital, Port Harcourt.
The CSOs said the action of the Federal Government revealed that it was not truly ready to address the demands of the youths.
The Chairman, Rivers Civil Society Organisations, Enefaa Georgewill, in an interview with The sources in Port Harcourt on Monday, said it was worrisome that rather than address the issues raised during the peaceful protest, the Federal Government was intimidating the organizers of the protests.
Georgewill said, “It is quite pathetic that the Federal Government, which is calling for round-table discussions to chart a way forward, will, now that the protests have temporarily ceased, turn around to use an old intimidating method to begin to clamp down on the organizers of the peaceful protests, who are agitating for better governance and a re-organized policing structure in the country.