DSS arrests AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore – TheNigerialawyer

Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the
February 2019 presidential election, Mr. Omowole Sowore, has been
arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services.

His online publishing outfit, Sahara Reporters, broke the
news.

According to the online medium, DSS operatives arrested Sowore
in the early hours of Saturday at about 1.25 a.m.in his
apartment.

Sowore had also posted a distress tweet at exactly 1:25 am:

DSS invades Sowore’s

— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) August
3, 2019^[1]

He also tweeted “Ja p,” the meaning of which has been
interpreted to mean many things by his Twitter followers:

Sahara Reporters added that an eyewitness confirmed that his
phone was forcefully taken from him.

The medium says Sowore’s “arrest and detention are not
unconnected to #RevolutionNow, a series of planned
protests against bad governance in Nigeria scheduled for August 5,
2019.”

DSS is yet to issue a statement on the arrest.

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