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Sowore Condemns Recent Mob Attack On APC ‘Fake Bishop’

August 23, 2022 1:35 pm

Omoyele Sowore who is the Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) has come out to heavily criticized some of the supporters of Peter Obi over their campaign strategy and their antics while alleging that they had orchestrated the mobbing of one of the fake APC Bishops who had been employed during the Vice Presidential unveiling.

Peter Obi is the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the coming 2023 general election.

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It had been reported that some of the supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate who …

Sowore To Take up Volunteer Teaching Job In Abuja

January 28, 2020 12:48 am

The publisher of Sahara Reporters and presidential candidate of the in 2019 general elections Omoyele Sowore Monday said he was open to teaching Government or Geography in a Government-owned secondary school “while sitting idle in Abuja.”

He said he looked for a public school where he could teach on Monday. But the principal had “disappeared” before he got to the school.

“Today I set out to look for a public school where I could teach “Government” or Geography while sitting idle in Abuja,” Sowore said in a post on his Instagram

“So we set out to a public school but …

Sani Reacts As Buhari Govt Orders Release Of Sowore, Dasuki

December 24, 2019 2:07 pm

Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, has described the immediate order by the Federal Government for the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, as a “welcome development.’’

In a statement released on Tuesday, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, ordered the release of Dasuki and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore.

This is coming few weeks after Malami took over the case of Sowore from DSS.

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The decision to release Sowore and his co-accused was

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‘Buhari Released Sowore To Divert Attention From Jonathan’

December 24, 2019 1:57 pm
Babatunde Gbadamosi, former governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party, ADP, in Lagos State, has given real reason the federal government ordered the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore.

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, in a statement released on Tuesday, ordered the release of Dasuki and Sowore.

Malami said the decision to release Sowore and his co-accused was in compliance with the bail granted the two by the court.

DAILY POST recalls that Sowore has been in custody of the Department of State

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Sowore: Malami Speaks On ‘US Letter’ Warning Buhari Govt

December 22, 2019 1:40 pm
Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, on Sunday declared that he did not receive any correspondence from the United States, US, lawmakers over the re-arrest and continued detention of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the RevolutionNow protest.

Malami stated that no such letter got to his office before the close of work last Friday.

Sowore has been in custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, since he called for a revolution earlier in the year.

Despite been granted bail by courts, the secret police had refused to set him free.

On December 9, 2019, DSS

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Sowore: Nigeria’s International Image Tainted –Amb Campbell

December 21, 2019 9:56 am

John Campbell, a former United States Ambassador to Nigeria has accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of tarnishing Nigeria’s international reputation.

Campbell, in a statement titled: “Buhari’s Dictatorial Past and the Rule of Law Today in Nigeria” said the rearrest of Omoyele Sowore has tainted the international image of Nigeria.

He further called on the present administration to ‘defuse Sowore’s case and allow him return to US’

Making reference to the Punch editorial on prefixing President Buhari’s title with his rank as a military dictator, Campbell warned Buhari government to retract any move to limit freedom of expression.

The statement …

Sowore: Court Orders AGF Malami, DG DSS Bichi To Appear

December 17, 2019 11:50 am

Justice Iyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court has ordered the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and DG of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, to appear before the court over the detention of Omoyele Sowore.

Femi Falana, counsel to Omoyele Sowore, on Tuesday, made the application.

He sought an order of the court for the respondents to appear and explained why his client was still being detained.

Justice Ekwo noted that he has seen all processes filed and adjourned the case to 23rd December 2019 for hearing while mandating the Deputy Chief of the Court to notify …

Omoyele Sowore: Portrait Of A Life In Protest

December 10, 2019 1:22 pm

The mishandling of the Omoyele Sowore case has become clearly an albatross for the Nigerian government, an embarrassment for the incumbent Federal Government and a public relations disaster for both the Department of State Services and Nigeria as a whole. All of that was patently avoidable. Inadvertently, the Federal Government has turned Omoyele Sowore into a “hero”, a symbol for resilience against official impunity in Nigeria, and a poster figure for courage and boldness.

In using the law to paint him as “an enemy of the state”, they have ended up painting the Nigerian state as an “enemy of the …

Sowore: APC Attacks Atiku, PDP For Condemning Buhari, DSS

December 9, 2019 5:23 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday rebuked the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for condemning the Buhari government and the Department of State Services (DSS) over last Friday’s court invasion.

Recall that DSS operatives on Friday re-arrested Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow campaign, a situation that has generated local and international criticisms.

In a statement Sunday night, Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary, said Atiku and the PDP chose to present and spread concocted alternative facts and lies on the incident.

It said the presidency has clarified that the DSS does not necessarily need …

Why Sowore Was Re-Arrested By DSS – Presidency

December 8, 2019 10:12 am

Nigerian government on Sunday reacted to the re-arrest of Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore by the Department of State Services.

The government in a statement said Sowore “is a person of interest to the DSS” because he called for “a revolution to overthrow the democratically elected government of Nigeria.”

“He did so on television, and from a privileged position as the owner of a widely read digital newspaper run from the United States of America,” the government said in a statement shared on social media.

The presidency reactions came days after Sowore was dramatically re-arrested just hours after being freed …

Onochie: Sowore Faked His Re-Arrest To Give DSS Bad Name

December 7, 2019 11:27 am

Lauretta Onochie said that there was no evidence to show that DSS re-arrested Sowore as was reported.

She said:

WHO DRAMA EPP? EVERY LIE WILL EXPIRE.
COURTROOM DRAMA EXPLAINED.

So it was a stage managed drama in the court yesterday; Sowore pinned down by his supporters in a courtroom in order to give DSS a bad name.

There was no gun. No batton. No pinning down. Just plain drama, planned and staged by his boys and girls. Kudos, but every lie has an expiration date.

Many EYEWITNESSES have said DSS was OUTSIDE the courtroom, not inside the courtroom.

Here’s one …

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