The Abuja division of the Federal
High Court has fixed August 8 to rule on an application by the Department of
State Security Service (DSS) seeking an order to detain the convener of
#RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore for 90 days pending the conclusion of
its investigation.
Sowore, who is the publisher of
Sahara Reporters and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in
the February 23, presidential elections was arrested in the early hours of
Saturday by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, in a hotel in
Lagos.
The state agency said Sowore was
arrested on account of the #RevolutionNow protest which he had spearheaded.
Sowore was moved to Abuja on
Sunday morning and is currently being detained in the custody of the DSS.
The exparte motion by the DSS
marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 915/19 is seeking the order of the court to detain Sowore
beyond the 48 hours of his arrest required by law.
However, after listening to the
motion which was moved by counsel for the DSS, G. O. Abadua, Justice Taiwo
Taiwo said he needed time to watch the video clips attached to the motion.
He accordingly adjourned ruling
to Thursday, August 8.
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