UPDATE 22.5.19:

Abiodun has been released! Thanks for all protest messages sent. Charges might still be brought against him, so further campaigning might be necessary.

Nigeria: Action needed to free Abiodun Bamigboye!

Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye is a leading member of Democratic Socialist Movement and acting National Chairperson of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN).

He was also the Oyo state governorship candidate of the SPN during the last general elections. He was arrested by the police operatives the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) at the party office in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, and currently (21.5.19) is at Iyakangu police station Ibadan for interrogation and possible detention.

We call for solidarity actions to demand his immediate and unconditional release. Please help by calling and sending messages to the phone numbers and e-mail addresses on the CWI website – click here – to demand the immediate release of Abiodun Bamigboye (Abbey Trotsky).