98 DAYS in Custody:
‘My LIFE is in Danger, I will continue on HUNGER STRIKE until Nigeria’s Department of State Security Services Release Me on Court Order’-OMOYELE SOWORE, Convener, RevolutionNow
* “Since Thursday, Omoyele Sowore has refused to come down. He has refused to see anybody and this is in protest that his rights are being violated. He has not eaten because the DSS don’t feed him and he is rejecting food from the people who usually take food to him in detention”-Femi Falana, Human rights lawyer
BY SALOME RACHAEL/REPORTER
SAHARA REPORTERS’ OWNER AND CONVENER OF REVOLUTIONNOW, OMOYELE SOWORE has sworn to continually embark on hunger strike, refused to eat, even at the danger of his health until Nigeria’s Department of State Security Services, DSS release according to an order from the court.
Pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore, has protested, by refusing to eat any food, his continued detention by the Department of State Services despite a court order sanctioning his immediate release.Sowore, who has been detained for 98 days by the DSS was granted bail twice by the federal high court in Abuja.
In his reaction, Femi Falana, a prominent Human rights lawyer (SAN) who is defending Sowore in court, on Friday reportedly said “Since Thursday, Omoyele Sowore (he) has refused to come down. He has refused to see anybody and this is in protest that his rights are being violated.
“He has not eaten because the DSS don’t feed him and he is rejecting food from the people who usually take food to him in detention. He said he didn’t want to see anyone including the people who take food to him because there is a court order asking for him to be released, the second one, so he is protesting this.”
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