Sowore freed by DSS, his passport returned after arrest in Lagos airport

The Department of State Services, DSS, released former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore shortly after he was arrested.

The Activist was arrested by operatives of the secret police at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos on Sunday, shortly after his arrival on arrival from US.

Sowore who disclosed this in a post on his X handle (formerly Twitter) on Sunday morning also said he he had been released a few minutes later.

“I had just arrived in Nigeria from the USA to the MMIA in Lagos; upon reaching Nigerian Immigration, my passport was seized, and they told me they had orders to detain me.

“This is not unexpected because I have always known that It is part of the broader clampdown by the fascist @officialAbat regime on dissent and their fear of the upcoming #FearlessINOctober revolt.

“In case this becomes another prolonged and protracted detention, I urge our citizens to ensure they ALL stop tyranny by all means acceptable and necessary, by engaging in the planned series of direct actions slated for October 1st and beyond.

“I have just been released by the Nigerian Immigration after a brief detention and my passport released back to me,” he said.

On Saturday, the activist had raised an alarm over a plot by security agencies to pick him up and frame him.

Sowore had said, “Yeah! All around in my home town, they’re tryin’ to track me down, yeah! They say they want to bring me in guilty.

“However Babylon must fall! #FearlessInOctober.”

The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, on Sunday, said he was briefly detained at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…

But, constitutional lawyer, Deji Adeyanju said that Sowore had been released with his passport returned.

“Omoyele Sowore released, passport returned to him. Aluta continua,” Adeyanju said.