Omoyele Sowore is a Nigerian
human rights activist, pro-democracy campaigner, former presidential candidate,
and founder of online news agency Sahara Reporters. Omoyele Sowore’s wife, Opeyemi has finally
reacted to the continous detention of her husband by the operatives of the
Department of State Services (DSS) after his arrest.
Speaking on Democracy Now
which is a news programme in the United States, Opeyemi said her husband is
being investigated for treason and there are no formal charges against him.
SHE SAID, “THERE ARE NO
FORMAL CHARGES PER SAY, HE IS JUST BEING INVESTIGATED FOR POSSIBLE TREASON AND
TERRORISM.
“THEY BASED IT UPON A
MEETING THAT HE HAD WITH NNAMDI KANU, WHO HAS AN ORGANISATION ABOUT BIAFRA.
“THE TWO OF THEM MET AND
YELE (SOWORE) MADE IT PUBLIC. IN FACT, HE DISAGREES WITH SOME OF NNAMDI KANU’S
RHETORIC.
“YELE’S OWN THING WAS TO
BRING IN EVERYBODY’S VOICES SO THAT NIGERIA CAN BE A COUNTRY FOR PRETTY MUCH
ALL OF ITS CITIZEN.
“THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT
HE MAY HAVE TAKEN MONEY FROM INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES AND THAT HE MET SOME OF
THEM IN DUBAI BUT HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO DUBAI BEFORE. NO MONEY BASICALLY HAS
BEEN FOUND WITH HIM.
“SO, THOSE ARE THE THINGS
THAT THEY’VE MENTIONED AND ASSOCIATED WITH HIM BUT THEY BASICALLY HAVE NO
GROUND FOR HOLDING HIM AND HAVEN’T FOUND ANY EVIDENCE.”
Recall that
the DSS secured a court order to detain the former Presidential candidate of
the African Action Congress (AAC) for 45 days after accusing him of receiving
millions of dollars from foreign collaborators to topple President Buhari’s
government.
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