Tag: sowore
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Sowore:Rule of law dying in Nigeria – Gani Adams
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Ige Adams, has described the re-arrest of the publisher of SaharaReporters, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, shortly after his purported release as a national tragedy, saying the situation that played out at the court had only indicated that Nigeria had lost its drift as a democratic nation. Speaking at the weekend…
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Sowore: Pro-Democracy Group warns US Senators over unnecessary interference in Nigeria’s domestic affairs
A civil society group, Friends of Democracy and Freedom (FDF) has cautioned some Senators from the United States of America to quit interfering in Nigeria’s internal democracy. FDF’s warning treads on the heels of remarks attributed to Senator Bob Menendez from New Jersey in a world press conference on Friday, condemning the rearrest of the…
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Sowore’s re-arrest: DSS acted right, no serious govt will condone call for destabilisation – Presidency
The Nigerian Presidency, on Sunday, reacted to the raging debates and harsh reactions that have trailed the arrest and trial of the Convener of ‘Revolution Now’ agitation, Omoyele Sowore. It said the government and its agencies would not stand asides, fold their arms and watch another latently dangerous agitation, like the Boko Haram terrorism and…
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DSS denies making attempts to rearrest Sowore in courtroom
…Explains why he (Sowore) was rearrested …says co-defendant, Olawale Bakare not rearrested The Department of State Services has rebutted what it called “serial misinformation” about what transpired in the courtroom of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Friday, with the agency categorically denying that its men tried to arrest Saharareporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore inside the court. In…
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Presidency accuses Sowore of stage-managing rearrest in Court
The social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie has described the attempted arrest of RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore inside the courtroom by the Department of State Service on Friday as a stage-managed drama. The presidential aide accused Sowore of acting up the drama of being arrested inside the courtroom with his followers in…
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Sowore: NBA rebukes DSS, demands immediate suspension of DG
The Nigerian Bar Association has issued a strong rebuke of the Department of State Services, calling its arrest of Omoyele Sowore in Abuja Court as assault and desecration of the court. National publicity Kunle Edun also called on Nigerians to defend the rule of law: Please read the full statement: The Nigerian Bar Association is…
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US Senator, Menendez condemns Sowore’s re-arrest [VIDEO]
Bob Menendez, a ranking member of the United States Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, has condemned the re-arrest of the convener of RevolutionNow Omoyele Sowore, on Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Sowore, who was first arrested on August 3, 2019 by operatives of the Department of State Services for calling on Nigerians to take…
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Banky W slams Buhari over Sowore’s rearrest
Nigerian singer and politician, Banky W has condemned President Mohammadu Buhari to right the wrongs on the rearrest of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the RevolutionNow Movement. TheNewsGuru recalls that on Thursday, the Department of State Services (DSS) had released the embattled activist — 124 days after he was arrested for “threatening public peace.” A few…
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Atiku reacts to Sowore’s rearrest, says Nigeria under tyranny
Former Nigeria vice president Atiku Abubakar on Friday the invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to arrest Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore was a violation of democratic norms. “Nigeria is not a dictatorship,” Atiku tweeted. “We are a democracy, no matter how inconvenient this fact is to the powers that have forced themselves on…