Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, was arrested on Sunday morning at Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.
Sowore’s flight departed from Washington Dulles International Airport at 6:14 EDT and landed in Lagos around 9:43 am.
On Thursday, September 12, 2024, a leaked DSS memo revealed that Sowore was to be arrested upon his return to Nigeria.
In a post on his official X account, Sowore reported that he had been detained by the Nigerian Immigration Service and that his international passport had been seized.
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He wrote, “I had just arrived in Nigeria from the USA at MMIA in Lagos; upon reaching Nigerian Immigration, my passport was seized, and they told me they had orders to detain me.
“This is not unexpected because I have always known that it is part of the broader clampdown by the fascist @officialAbat regime on dissent and their fear of the upcoming #FearlessINOctober revolt.
“In case this becomes another prolonged and protracted detention, I urge our citizens to ensure they ALL stop tyranny by all means acceptable and necessary, by engaging in the planned series of direct actions slated for 1 October and beyond.”
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