A protest broke out at the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday over the continued detention of Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement.

Sowore was arrested in Lagos on August 3 and subsequently flown to Abuja where he is being detained.

Last month, a federal high court in Abuja granted him bail but the secret police refused to release him despite fulfilling the bail condition.

On Friday, Peter Afunanya, spokesman of the secret police, acknowledged that the agency had received the order to release Sowore but said the service had not freed him because no one showed up on his behalf.

However, on Saturday morning, lawyers, supporters and family members of the activist visited the DSS headquarters but were denied access to Sowore.

Abubakar Marshal, one of the activist’s lawyers, arrived at the DSS office at 10am alongside some members of Sowore’s family but security operatives prevented them from gaining access to the facility.

The operatives manning the gate had asked them of their mission and the lawyer introduced himself, saying he was was there to pick up his client.

But they said he would not be allow in until they got clearance from their superiors. This led to altercation as the lawyer vowed not to leave there until Sowore is out.

In the heat of the argument, a legal director at DSS put a call to Marshal, saying he was not around.

This prompted some of the supporters of Sowore to stage a protest outside the headquarters of the secret police.

They vowed to continue occupying the DSS headquarters until Sowore is released. After waiting for over three hours, some of the lawyers left.

The statement of Afunanya that Sowore was not released because no one showed up on his behalf had sparked outrage among Nigerians.

Femi Falana, lead counsel of the activist, had countered Afunanya, saying lawyers who spent at least four hours at DSS headquarters in connection with Sowore’s detention were not attended to on Wednesday.

https://www.thecable.ng/protest-as-dss-fails-to-release-sowore

They have trampled too many times on human rights...

If this is not a military rule, I don’t know what is!

Nigerian govt gradually playing into our hands

Na only God will help this country.

Deji is a real fearless comrade

if these useless zombies wan talk , den go say this is not buhari it's the overzealous efcc.





reformed Democrat the called him

Nigeria may go up in flames if the guy dies in DSS custody

See as Protest look like Block Rossary Meeting...
#SoworeIsFinished..

Damnnnnn

Hahahahahah.
As a real niggarrr

I can easily say sowore don't know what he has put his hand into


How does opposition lead a revolution?
Revolution and uprising are for people who are apolitical
If you are into politics or an opposition and you want to lead a revolution it is gonna be seen as MUTINY

Same Moda fiuckkers that destroyed Jonathan now wants freedom

Bar man give me more Heineken bottle
Hahhahahahha

Again!

Nawa

tayebest:
Deji is a real fearless comrade

and a clueless one too

They should be careful oo before
DSS will arrest them.

When you dine with the devil, always use a long spoon
2014.2015 is still fresh in our memories
You aligned yourself with wolves and you don't expect to be eaten
This is genesis, we never see anything

Na WA o

olril17:
any Yoruba man who still support buhari,that man and his family shall be crushed to death by a fast moving trailer ijn

The curse is going back to you and your entire family and generations to come.

Do you have to curse an entire tribe just because they fail to be on the same political page with you?

I believe Buhari is the most useless and heartless democratic president

Those who keep supporting him will definitely eat from his evil fruit

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See how few the protesters are for something good, something if actualized, would go a long way in reducing the hardship in the land..

Buh let it be something unreasonable and therefore less important to life like bbn...

I think the DSS should release him since he has perfected his bail condition.

It does not make any sense delaying or still holding him there.

I don't support the action taken by the DSS.

We only cry out in this country when we are directly affected.

Nnamdi Kanu for the Igbos, Sowere for the Yorubas. The earlier we started seeing the harm of ethnic and partisan politics to our national progress the better for us

Personalities shape events, but we allow our minds to be controlled by regional bias as injected by our so-called selfish nationalist

Nigeria and many other African nations has failed!!!!!!!!!!! We can only get worse

Let's stand for what is right! Let our eyes be opened to the sinister agenda of our leaders.

One nationalists called Nigeria--" A British invention", another called Nigeria "A mere geographical expression"...One ended up being the first prime minister( what fueled the agenda?)

Nnamdi Kanu is not always wrong, Sowore is right....let us chart a new course and be free once and for all

LET US STOP TRIBALISM
LET US SUPPORT THE IGBOS BECAUSE THEY ARE TRULY MARGINALISED
LET US SUPPORT THE HAUSAS AND STOP THE ALMAJIRI SYSTEM

ONE LOVE

Nothing will happen. The only that can shake Nigeria is Nnamdi Kanu Yorubas are good in talking

hisexcellency34:
Nigeria may go up in flames if the guy dies in DSS custody

olril17:
any Yoruba man who still support buhari,that man and his family shall be crushed to death by a fast moving trailer ijn

Easy na

olril17:
any Yoruba man who still support buhari,that man and his family shall be crushed to death by a fast moving trailer ijn

Its too late to cry. Buhari is on his last tenure. Hatred from Yorubas won't make any effect

FGM seems to be using this Sowore Guy to waste time ...... Over 100days in government still nothing to show

People like you are the reason Nigeria is suffering fear

Knox123:



They should be careful oo before
DSS will arrest them.

Wow
With this massive crowd,buhari will be brought to his knees