News
Nigeria’s secret police, DSS, may detain Sowore for 90 days
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned till Thursday, the 8th of August to rule on an application brought before it by the Department of State Services (DSS) for an order to detain the 2019 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Mr. Omoyele Sowore, for 90 days.
According to the DSS, it is seeking the detention order in order to carry out and conclude its investigation.
It would be recalled that the DSS had arrested Sowore, who is the leader of the #RevolutionNow Movement, a group calling for mass protests across the country to press home demands for good governance amongst other things, on August 4 in Lagos before he was moved to Abuja.
READ ALSO: EFCC left ‘empty-handed’ after searching my home for 5 hours —Ex-Gov Yari claims
The protests took place in a couple of cities in the country on Monday, amidst altercations with security agencies.
In an exparte application with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/915/19, Counsel to the DSS, G. O. Agbadua, told Justice Taiwo Taiwo that a video clip evidence was also attached to the application, urging the judge to grant the application seeking to detain the publisher of SaharaReporters beyond 48 hours as required by the law.
According to Justice Taiwo,the adjournment would enable him to watch the video clip before delivering his judgement.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...