Vanguard (Lagos)
19 Septembre 2008
THE Chairman of Channels Television whose operating licence was suspended on Wednesday, Mr. John Momoh, yesterday visited the headquarters of the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja. He was later allowed to go home.
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I believe the SSS has gone too far this time.They have ridiculed democracy in the country, and we might as well be back to the military rule instead of practising fake democracy. President George Bush as powerful in the world had a show on TV depicting him when he was young, there have been many articles on him that said many things that were not true yet he did not direct the CIA to arrest the editors involved. Why is it so different in Nigeria.The freedom of information bill has to pass in that country before we really say we are practising democracy. The arrest of the editors due to the fact that they published an article not favorable to Yaradua is an insult to the human right and sovereinity of these editors as a citizen of a country where democracy is said to be oractised. In the world news papers, you see carricatures of presidents printed all over but to no problem to the editors or publishers . Only in Nigeria do we portray this as an insult. One of the duties of the SSS is the need to see the security of the country is not jeopardized, The printing of the article that the president is sick or the president wants to resign does not in any way jeopardize the nations security.SSS is misusing power on its citizens, and this must be addressed immediately by the senate to promote this democracy we are preaching and practising at the moment.
I believe the SSS has gone too far this time.They have ridiculed democracy in the country, and we might as well be back to the military rule instead of practising fake democracy. President George Bush as powerful in the world had a show on TV depicting him when he was young, there have been many articles on him that said many things that were not true yet he did not direct the CIA to arrest the editors involved. Why is it so different in Nigeria.The freedom of information bill has to pass in that country before we really say we are practising democracy. The arrest of the editors due to the fact that they published an article not favorable to Yaradua is an insult to the human right and sovereinity of these editors as a citizen of a country where democracy is said to be oractised. In the world news papers, you see carricatures of presidents printed all over but to no problem to the editors or publishers . Only in Nigeria do we portray this as an insult. One of the duties of the SSS is the need to see the security of the country is not jeopardized, The printing of the article that the president is sick or the president wants to resign does not in any way jeopardize the nations security.SSS is misusing power on its citizens, and this must be addressed immediately by the senate to promote this democracy we are preaching and practising at the moment.
I believe the SSS has gone too far this time.They have ridiculed democracy in the country, and we might as well be back to the military rule instead of practising fake democracy. President George Bush as powerful in the world had a show on TV depicting him when he was young, there have been many articles on him that said many things that were not true yet he did not direct the CIA to arrest the editors involved. Why is it so different in Nigeria.The freedom of information bill has to pass in that country before we really say we are practising democracy. The arrest of the editors due to the fact that they published an article not favorable to Yaradua is an insult to the human right and sovereinity of these editors as a citizen of a country where democracy is said to be oractised. In the world news papers, you see carricatures of presidents printed all over but to no problem to the editors or publishers . Only in Nigeria do we portray this as an insult. One of the duties of the SSS is the need to see the security of the country is not jeopardized, The printing of the article that the president is sick or the president wants to resign does not in any way jeopardize the nations security.SSS is misusing power on its citizens, and this must be addressed immediately by the senate to promote this democracy we are preaching and practising at the moment.