Tag Archives: Sowore

DSS Court Invasion: NGO says APC, Buhari constitute threat to Nigeria’s democracy

An NGO, Advocacy for Advancement of Peace and Harmony in Africa Initiative (ADAPHAI) has kicked against the Friday invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja, saying such abomi act is a threat to Nigeria’s democracy. The group maintained that the political class, by this development showed that it has learnt nothing about tenets of democracy in the last two decades ...

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US Senator warns President Buhari over Sowore, says the world is watching

A US Senator and a member of the senate foreign relations committee, Robert Menendez has warned Nigerian government on the way it is handling the issue of convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, saying that America and the world are watching. On Friday, DSS operatives rearrested Sowore and Olawale Bakare, an activist, at the federal high court in Abuja, less than ...

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Just in: After dramatic scenario, DSS eventually rearrests Sowore

Ex-presidential aspirant and #RevolutionNow Convener, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare have been rearrested by the Department of State Services after a mild drama that erupted and lasted for almost two hours at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. It was leant that he was re-arrested on account of fresh charges. Supporters of the duo had resisted attempts by ...

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Breaking: DSS attempts to rearrest Sowore, allegedly chases away judge

The Department of State Services on Friday reportedly attempted to rearrest the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, within the courtroom. According to SaharaReporters, the DSS operatives also chased away the presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu and assaulted a journalist in their bid to arrest the duo. More to come…..

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Deji Adeyanju reacts on Sowore’s release, says he must not give up

Renowned activist and National Coordinator of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has described the release of Omoyele Sowore as a new dimension in the people’s march towards total freedom. Sowore alongside Olawale Bakare popularly known as Mandate, were released on Thursday by the Department of State Services after four months in detention despite two court orders calling for their freedom in ...

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Sowore: Court order not disobeyed, we don’t want him in our custody anymore- DSS

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said it did not disobey the court order on the release of Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Counsel to the DSS, Hassan Liman, SAN, made the remark in an interview with newsmen shortly after the Federal High Court sitting in the ongoing trial in Abuja. Sowore, alongside Bakare, ...

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#RevolutionNow: Court orders DSS to release Sowore within 24 hours

The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to release Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest,within 24 hours. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who gave the ordered, also awarded a N100, 000 fine against the DSS over its delay to serve the defence counsel with the additional proof of evidence in the ongoing trial of Sowore and Olawale ...

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“My son is not a criminal, release him now”- Sowore’s mother tells Buhari

The mother of Omoyele Sowore, the a former Presidential aspirant and convener of RevolutionNow says his son is not a criminal, adding that she has been unable to eat or sleep well since she learnt of the detention of her son by the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS arrested Sowore on August 3 and he has been in ...

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DSS planning secretly to assassinate Sowore in prison, group raises alarm

Take It Back Movement has raised the alarm that covert plans are ongoing by the Department of State Services to assassinate pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore. In a statement on Monday, Director-General of TIB, Joshua Adeoye, said it had information that the government planned to surround Sowore in prison with hardened criminals, who will do the regime’s ...

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RevolutionNow: Sowore issues strong warning to DSS over continued detention

Former presidential candidate and Convener of RevolutionNow Omoyele Sowore says he will pursue the contempt proceedings against the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Yusuf Bichi over failure to release him. Sowore had recently dragged the DSS before an Abuja Federal High Court over his continued detention. The activist was asking the court to order the DSS to ...

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