By Tosin Adekoya
Another round of encounters may have begun for the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, following his arrest on Friday, several months after regaining his freedom from long detention, after his arrest on August 2, 2019.
Sowore, publisher of SaharaReporters, was reportedly picked up alongside other activists in Abuja who were carrying out a peaceful procession to mark the New Year have been arrested by Nigerian security forces, according to Sowore’s portal.
“Eyewitnesses say policemen suspected to be with the Rapid Response Squad stormed Gudu junction in Abuja, wounding Sowore before carting him away with other activists at the location,” the portal said in a short report in the wee hours of the New Year, January 1, 2021.
No other details were available, and the security agencies had yet to comment on the said arrest as at the time of this report.
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