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Welcome to 9ja Latest. This week, we bring to you the latest update on the Revolution now Protest and everything you need to know about its convener, Mr. Omoyele Sowore.

Omoyele Sowore, born 16 February 1971, is a Nigerian human rights activist, pro-democracy campaigner, former presidential candidate, and founder of online news agency Sahara Reporters.
At 12, he learnt how to ride a motorcycle so that he could fish at the lake for the entire family before going to school every morning. Sowore's passion and desire in media was propelled during the military rule in Nigeria.
Sowore studied Geography and Planning at the University of Lagos from 1989 to 1995 with his academic program extended by two extra years after being expelled twice for political reasons and student activism. He was the President of the University of Lagos Student Union Government between 1992 and 1994 where he was keenly involved in anti-cultism and anti-corruption advocacy. Sowore holds a Master degree in Public Administration from Columbia University.
On February 25, 2018, Sowore announced his intention to run for president in the 2019 Nigerian general election. In August 2018, he founded a political party, the African Action Congress (AAC), for which he will run for in 2019.
On October 6, 2018, following successful primary elections at the AAC's national convention, Omoyele Sowore emerged unchallenged as the Presidential Candidate for the party.
Sowore flouted debate rules of engagement through naming and shaming corrupt members of the opposition party.
Several candidates contested for the presidential seat but were defeated by Muhammdu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who polled 15,191,847 votes while his main contender, Atiku Abubabakar of the People’s Democratic Party got 11,264,977 votes to come second.
However, Sowore, came tenth with 33,953 votes ahead of other new entrants to the race like Fela Durotoye of the Alliance for New Nigeria, ANN, who polled 16,779, and Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Democratic Party, YPP, who garnered 21,886 votes
The Publisher of Sahara Reporters and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 election, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, called for a nationwide staging of protests against what he called bad governance.
He had termed the protest, #RevolutionNow, and it was planned to take place on Monday, August 5.
In the early hours of Saturday, 3rd of August 2019, The Department of State picked up Omoyele.
According to the online medium, DSS operatives arrested Sowore in the early hours of Saturday at about 1.25 a.m.in his apartment.

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