The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has lamented over the recent DSS invasion of the court room in the bid to rearrest the convener of the RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore. The Delta state Representative member stressed that one day a similar occurrence would also happen in the National Assembly if … Read more
The United Kingdom (UK) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari to have respect for the rule of law and release called on Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement. Ekohotblog reports the UK made this call on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, on Tuesday, December 10, to commemorate … Read more
In order to align with protests against the repression of freedom of speech especially the incident between the DSS and Omoyele Sowore, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has postponed the presentation of award to the Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Executive Director of the centre, Motunrayo Alaka, in a statement said that … Read more
The All Progressive Congress APC in its reaction to the recent turnout of event surrounding the invasion of the law Court by some armed men of the DSS in the bid to rearrest the convener of the RevolutionNow movement Mr Omoyele Sowore, has berated the former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar. The rulling party … Read more
The Social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Lauretta Onochie, has ridiculed the convener of the RevolutionNow, Mr Omoyele Sowore over what transpired during his rearrest. It could be recalled that some armed men of the State Secret Service had stormed a Federal High Court in the bid to rearrest Sowore. She advised the … Read more
The Senator representing New Jersey, Bob Menendez, has reacted to the recent rearrest of the convener of the RevolutionNow movement Omoyele Sowore, by the officials of State Secret Service. It could be recalled that armed men of the DSS had stormed the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday where they caused commotion in … Read more
The former Minister for Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari as well as condemned the leadership of the Department of State Secret Service DSS over the rearrest of Omoyele Sowore. Fani-Kayode who served as the DG campaign organization for the former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 2015, reeled out the alleged treatment … Read more
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called on the President of The United States, Donald Trump to urgently intervene in the constitutional violation of the right of the leader of the RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore. SERAP’s call followed the recent rearrest of the Sowore and his codefendant at a Federal High Court in … Read more
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the rearrest of the leader of the RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare by men of the State Security Service. It was barely 24 hours after Sowore and his codefendant were released before they were both picked up by the officials of the … Read more
Following the re-arrest of the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore,a Global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has called on the Federal Government to withdraw all the preferred charges against sowore,others. Sowore was arrested last August when he was accused of planning a forceful takeover of government through nationwide protests tagged #RevolutionNow. The non-governmental organisation also … Read more
Ekohotblog earlier reported that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have rearrested activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore today. This follows an initial report that DSS stormed the premises of the Abuja Federal High Court to arrest the #RevolutionNow convener but were resisted by other activists in court. READ ALSO: DSS Re-arrests Sowore,Bakare Meanwhile, Nigerians … Read more
The Department of State Services(DSS),has re-arrested Revolution Now Convener, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare after a drama that lasted almost two hours at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday on account of fresh charges. Their lawyer, Femi Falana, who had denied knowledge of such fresh charges, led them downstairs where armed DSS … Read more
The Department of State Services(DSS) has attempted to rearrest the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, within the courtroom. Ekohotblog reported that the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday released Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. After they had spent 124 days in DSS … Read more
Amnesty International has reacted to the release of the convener of RevolutionNow Movement,Omoyele Sowore from Department of the state service(DSS) custody. The release came barely 24 hours after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordered the DSS to release the detained Sowore. DSS released Sowore along with his co-accused Olawale Bakare around 7:15 pm last night They were … Read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja,has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to release Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest,Omoyele Sowore,within 24 hours. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who gave the order, also awarded a N100, 000 fine against the DSS over its delay to serve the defence counsel with the additional proof of evidence in the ongoing … Read more
Esther Sowore, the mother of detained rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, said the continued detention of her son has led to her ill-health. She therefore asked President Muhammadu Buhari to obey serial court orders for the release of her son. Mr Sowore’s mother in the video said it does not appear … Read more
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has called on the National Judicial Council,(NJC),Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) and the International Bar Association, (IBA) to collectively adopt constructive steps in protest against the pattern of “serial disrespect of court orders by Buhari and the Department of State Service (DSS) which may lead to collapse of … Read more
For his refusal to release the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, a Federal High Court Judge in Abuja, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, on Monday threatened to jail Yusuf Bichi, Director-General of the Department of state service, DSS. DSS had since August 2019 kept the founder/Publisher of Shara Reporters in their custody despite several calls and series … Read more
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has petitioned the African Commission over the continued harassment of Sowore’s sureties and lawyers, particularly, Femi Falana, SAN. The organisation claimed that the sureties and Falana were being harassed simply for defending their clients’ rights. According to the petition, dated November 22, 2019, by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Mr … Read more
The Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore has filed suit against the Department of State Service (DSS) over his arrest and continued detention since August 3, 2019. According to Source,Sowore is asking the court to order the DSS to pay him N500m as general and aggravated damages for his detention … Read more