The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore has been apprehended by officers attached to the Department of State Security, DSS.
Reports state that the security officials had stormed his apartment in the early hours of today, August 3, 2019, with as many as four vehicles and upon entry, they allegedly seized his gadgets and communication devices, whisking him away to a yet to be ascertained location.
Just before then, the Sahara Reporters publisher had sent a distress tweet to his followers on Twitter around 1:25 am, stating, “DSS invades Sowore’s.”
Sowore’s arrest is most likely due to his recent protests against the federal government. He had made a series of public speeches, branding his new movement as #RevolutionNow.
Meanwhile, Nigerians have taken to social media to condemn the arrest, with many insisting that such a move was illegal, hence he should be released immediately.
See some of the reactions below.
Just Confirmed that one of the leaders of the #RevolutionNow movement Comrade Omoyele Sowore @YeleSowore has been arrested by armed men of the DSS overnight. Those who make peaceful negotiations impossible makes violent revolution inevitable. It has started.#FreeSowore pic.twitter.com/tN9TAMmDWE
— Towolawi Jamiu (@jharmo) August 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/sheyirealtor/status/1157528036209823746
If news report of DSS picking up @YeleSowore is confirmed then those behind his arrest sure did not learn from the past, he just had you were he wants you to be. Now we won't know if #RevolutionNow would have really taken over Nigerian government on Monday. It's now #FreeSowore
— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí (@ogundamisi) August 3, 2019
Nothing could be more daft! Of all the actions to take against a constitutionally and legally backed protest, the last should be an arrest of the convener. #FreeSowore
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) August 3, 2019
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