Human rights activist and Convener of RevelationNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore has been arrested by Security agencies in Abuja.
Sowore was arrested alongside some other activists in Abuja who were carrying out a peaceful procession to welcome the New Year.
“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 were yet to comment on the said arrest as at the time of this report.
Names of other Activists arrested with him have not been made public as police authority has not released any official statement on it.