DSS Arrests, Releases Leader #EndBadGovernance Protest, Sowore

By Ayodele Oni

Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore was on Sunday morning arrested by the operatives of Department of State Services (DSS).

Sowore, one of the organizers of endbadgovernance protest, was arrested on arrival at the Lagos Airport.

He was taken into custody immediately upon his arrival in Nigeria on Sunday.

However, few hours after his arrest, Sowore announced that “I have just been released by the Nigerian Immigration after a brief detention and my passport released back to me. #RevolutionNow

Earlier it was reported that members of the Take It Back Movement and other activists gathered at the airport to await Sowore’s return.

He had been in the United States with his family. His flight departed from Washington Dulles International Airport at 6:14 AM EDT and arrived in Lagos at approximately 9:43 AM WAT.

In a post on his X account on Thursday, Sowore remarked, “The current administration, led by Tinubu, has shown an alarming inability to effectively track and apprehend terrorism suspects, bandits, and kidnappers, while the @officialEFCC has yet to arrest former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.

“Meanwhile, the lawless @OfficialDSSNG has added my name to their ‘watchlist’ for arrest upon my arrival in Nigeria.

“It is crucial to acknowledge that Nigeria needs salvation, and our people require liberation, which will require considerable effort. I plan to return home shortly, I mean very soon.”

The arrest directive, issued by the newly appointed DSS Director General, Adeola Ajayi, was linked to Sowore’s involvement in the recent 10-day #EndBadGovernance protests.