This was the topic that topped discussions at an event held on Thursday by the rights groups in the Akowonjo area of Lagos State.
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The CSOs made the call in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja.
Representatives of more than 50 CSOs and scores of lawyers, under the broad platform of Lawyers and Activists for Good Governance, made this position known at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
The Minister spoke at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Isah made the call on Tuesday in Enugu during a town-hall meeting organised for journalists, Civil Society Organisations and religious organisations in the South East.
The Coalition made the appeal in a petition it sent to the IGP, urging him to prevail on his Officers to grant bail to the accused.
The Convener, Akinola Busuyi, told newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital that the call became necessary due to the violence that trailed the conduct of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries.
The groups made the demand for Wabote’s suspension when they addressed a news conference in Abuja on Thursday.
The stakeholders spoke at a High-Level Policy Roundtable on Political Campaign Finance on Friday in Abuja.
This was disclosed by the CSOs at a press conference in Uyo to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day 2021.
The CSOs are the Arewa Youth Federation, Citizens Actions for Good Leadership and Northern Integrity Group of Nigeria.
In the letter, dated September 20, signed by the 36 groups, Osibanjo was implored to order the Police to obey a court order
Orebajo, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday at a webinar, dwelt on CSOs tax responsibilities and compliance.
The CSOs include the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development, Campaign for Transformative Governance and Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action).
The governor said Odumakin during his lifetime, did his best through several struggles and interventions to make Nigeria a better country and therefore urged people to stand firm and ensure that the legacy of the late Afenifere spokesman is built upon.
The group, under the aegis of Network of Civil Society Organisations of Nigeria, also charged the command to publish the names of its personnel on duty on the day of the jailbreak.
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations made this known in Abuja during a CS/Media breakfast session on Audit Governance in Nigeria.
The state Chairman, Network of Civil Society Organisations, Amb. Ahmed Shehu, made the call on Sunday in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen in Maiduguri.
Benson Olugbuo, the Executive Director of the foundation, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
Olugbuo said that the foundation received the special consultative grant from the ECOSOC of the United Nations in New York, U.S.
Olayemi Success, one of the leaders of the CSOs, who addressed newsmen, said that the CSOs were worried that the protesters were distracting security agencies from focusing on the task of protecting Nigerians against criminals.