The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the convener of Revolution Now Protest, Rights Activist and Pro-democracy Campaigner, OMOYELE SOWORE.
SOWORE regained freedom more than three months after he was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS).
SOWORE was arrested and charged to court by the Nigerian government for planning a nationwide protest tagged #RevolutionNow.
He was released on Thursday evening hours after the Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja ordered his release from detention within 24 hours for the third time.
SOWORE is expected to appear in court on Friday for commencement of trial.
According to JUSTICE IJEOMA OJUKWU, the DSS had no justifiable reason to continue to hold the defendant in custody, after she had signed the warrant for his release.
SOWORE, who is the Publisher of online news platform, Sahara Reporters, and a Presidential candidate in the February 2019 elections, was arrested on August 3 – just days to a planned protest against bad governance in the country.
