Pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore, has protested, by
refusing to eat any food, his continued detention by the Department
of State Services despite a court order sanctioning his immediate
release.
Sowore, who has been detained for 98 days by the DSS was granted
bail twice by the federal high court in Abuja.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, who is defending Sowore in
court, on Friday told SaharaReporters, “Since yesterday (Thursday)
he has refused to come down. He has refused to see anybody and this
is in protest that his rights are being violated.
“He has not eaten because the DSS don’t feed him and he is
rejecting food from the people who usually take food to him in
detention.
“Yesterday, he said he didn’t want to see anyone including the
people who take food to him because there is a court order asking
for him to be released, the second one, so he is protesting
this.”
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