{"id":5653,"date":"2019-08-10T18:03:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T18:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=5653"},"modified":"2019-08-10T18:03:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T18:03:31","slug":"new-development-inside-dss-i-will-not-eat-any-food-from-nigerias-state-service-i-dont-want-to-be-poisoned-only-meal-from-my-people-will-i-eat-defiant-omoyele-sowore-speaks-from-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/new-development-inside-dss-i-will-not-eat-any-food-from-nigerias-state-service-i-dont-want-to-be-poisoned-only-meal-from-my-people-will-i-eat-defiant-omoyele-sowore-speaks-from-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"New Development inside DSS: ‘I Will Not Eat any FOOD from Nigeria’s State Service, I don’t want to be Poisoned, Only meal from my people will I eat’-defiant OMOYELE SOWORE speaks from detention …Renew calls for Unconditional and Immediate release of #RevolutionNow protesters arrested * Vows: ‘We will continue to fight against bad anti-people policies of Buhari’s govt’ * ‘I was dragged from my Hotel Room like a Criminal. I am in High Spirit since light will overcome darkness any day’ * ‘The Take-it-back-movement has been granted permission to deliver food on a daily basis to Sowore in detention’- Rachel Onamusi-Kpiasi, Take-it-back spokesperson BY TOLULOPE ADEBAMI\/SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, ABUJA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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New\nDevelopment inside DSS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘I\nWill Not Eat any FOOD from Nigeria’s State Service, I don’t want to\nbe Poisoned, Only meal from my people will I eat’<\/strong>-defiant\nOMOYELE SOWORE speaks from detention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…Renew calls for\nUnconditional and Immediate release of #RevolutionNow protesters\narrested<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Vows: ‘We will continue to fight against bad anti-people policies of Buhari’s govt’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* ‘I was dragged from my\nHotel Room like a Criminal. I am in High Spirit since light will\novercome darkness anyday’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* <\/strong>‘T<\/strong>he\nTake-it-back-movement has been granted permission to deliver food on\na daily basis to Sowore in detention’- <\/strong>Rachel\nOnamusi-Kpiasi, Take-it-back <\/strong>spokesperson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY TOLULOPE\nADEBAMI\/SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, ABUJA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OMOYELE SOWORE, PUBLISHER\nOF SAHARA REPORTER AND CONVENER OF #REVOLUTIONNOW HAS CRITICIZED\nALLEGED MOVES BY NIGERIA’S STATE SECURITY SERVICE, DSS, TO POISON HIM\nTHROUGH FOOD INSIDE DETENTION AS HE VOWED NEVER TO EAT OR TOUCH ANY\nFOOD MADE AVAILABLE BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. He’d rather prefer\nto proceed on hunger strike, only ready to eat the meal provided by\nhis comrades from ‘Take-it-back-movement’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This former presidential\ncandidate has called for the release of RevolutionNow protesters who\nwere arrested by security agents during demonstrations on Monday,\nAugust 5, 2019. <\/strong>Sowore\nwas arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday,\nAugust 3 for calling for nationwide protests against the <\/strong>President\nMuhammadu Buhari<\/strong>-led\ngovernment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activist has accused\nthe current government of badly managing the affairs of the country\nand called on Nigerians to reject the wickedness of the\nestablishment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the DSS picked him up\non Saturday, the agency accused him of threatening the harmony of the\nnation by plotting to overthrow a democratically-elected government.\nDespite the warnings of security agencies against the protests, many\nstaged demonstrations in a few states in the country on Monday,\nleading to a crackdown that involved many arrests in Lagos, Osun,\nOgun and Cross River.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he was allowed to meet\nwith members of the Take It Back Movement late on Monday, a defiant\nSowore called for the release of those arrested, according to a\nreport by Sahara Reporters.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I\njoin others in demanding for the immediate and unconditional release\nof all those arrested by the police on Monday,” <\/strong><\/em>he\nsaid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activist turned\npolitician said he was bothered by the crackdown on Nigerians who\nwere merely expressing their civil rights through peaceful protests.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though he noted that\nhe was being treated well in detention, he has refused to eat meals\ngiven to him by the DSS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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