DSS confirms Sowore’s arrest, states reason

The arrest of the Presidential Candidate of African Action Congress, Omoyele Sorowe has been confirmed by the men of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday.

The agency’s spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Sunday afternoon, said Sowore was taken into custody because he called for a revolution in Nigeria.

Afunaya said the secret police were “aware” of information that Sowore had been in touch with foreign actors to destabilise Nigeria.

It was reported that Sowore, the convener of the planned RevolutionNow protest against bad governance was picked up at his apartment in the early hours of Saturday.

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The political activist raised the alarm in a distress tweet at exactly 1:25 am which read, “DSS invades Sowore’s apartment.”

The DSS official, however, declined to give details on where Sowore was being kept and when he would be arraigned in court.

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