Sahara Reporters founder and 2019 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore has filed a fresh bail application to the Federal High Court, Abuja, asking to be released from detention.
Sowore was arrested at about 11 pm on Saturday, August 2 by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) for calling for a protest.
But Nigeria police said the planned protest was “threatening public safety, peaceful co-existence and social harmony in the country”. Read more