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The DSS Spokesperson, Peter Afunaya, said Sowore crossed the red line after he called for a revolution over alleged bad governance, insecurity and corruption, among other national issues

Human rights activist and President of the Centre for Change, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has condemned the arrest of the African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, by the operatives of the Department of State Services ahead of Monday’s nationwide protest against bad governance.

The Department of State Services has shunned enquiry over the “abduction” of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the last general elections in Nigeria, Omoyele Sowore.

Sowore was arrested around 1:25am on Saturday by armed men suspected to be operatives of the Department of State Services ahead of the planned nationwide protest against bad governance, tagged: #Revolutionnow

The Department of State Services cannot be accused of being fair-handed and unprejudiced. It has always been the political police of the existing regime. I recall in 2014 when agents of the service invaded the offices of the All Progressives Congress in search of incriminating materials, hounded the staff of the party and made a spectacle of them for droll offences, the agency was serving the Peoples Democratic Party government at the time. Now it is serving another regime. The same pattern, the same objective, the same repression, the same pursuit.

The Aide said this in a tweet on her Twitter handle on Saturday

The Movement pledged its support to the protest, scheduled to start on Monday, despite what it described as the “kidnapping” of one of the major forces behind it, Omoyele Sowore

Sowore was picked up at about 1:25am on Saturday, two days before the commencement of a nationwide protest he is spearheading alongside musician Idris Abdulkareem on bad governance

According to the information made available by Sowore himself, the operatives of the DSS stormed his residence, which was not revealed, at about 1:25am on Saturday

Joshua Adeoye, AAC Deputy National Secretary, read the resolution after an emergency National Executive Council meeting of the party on Saturday in Abuja.

The President of CPND, Alex Orjim made the assertion on Thursday during the candlelight procession in honour of the slain Nigerian Insurance chief,  Elizabeth Ndubuisi-Chukwu, who was killed in a hotel in South Africa.

Justice Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, in his ruling, also validated the removal of Malcolm Fabiyi as the deputy national chairman of the party.

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday upheld a suit seeking to stop the suspended National Chairman, African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, from parading himself the party’s national chair.

The African Action Congress, US Chapter, on Friday passed a vote of confidence in its National Chairman and Presidential Candidate in the 2019 general elections, Omoyele Sowore.

The suspension of Sahara Reporter Publisher will last for six months unless it is overturned by the National Convention of the party

Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, has commended the large turnout that greeted Saturday’s polls in Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Sunday said he would combine presidential duties with managing the sports ministry if elected.

The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Sunday said he was not intimidated by the moneybag politicians and as such would not jettison his presidential ambition.

The Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday revealed his keenness for sports, as he claimed to have participated in marathon events at different parts of the world.

Omoyele Sowore, the Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, who is a serial marathon runner, has been