Continued Detention: Sowore Enters Sixth Day Of Hunger Strike

Sowore Embarks On Hunger Strike In Detention, Gains Freedom
Publisher of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore arrives at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has continued his hunger strike in protest of his continued detention by the Department of State Services.

Sowore was arrested on August 3, 2019 for planning a series of protest against bad governance in Nigeria.

His lawyers say he has vowed not to eat until his rights are respected and he is released from detention.

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