Nigerian security forces used tear gas and fired in the air on Tuesday to disperse protesters seeking the release of an opposition figure held since August after calling for a revolution.
Omoyele Sowore, the founder of local news site Sahara Reporters and a candidate in Februaryβs presidential polls has been detained for βtreason.β
At the end of September, the Nigerian judiciary ordered his release but the authorities have not complied.
About 80 protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the capital Abuja, shouting
