A former presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has been reportedly arrested by security agents
in Lagos.He was reportedly arrested by men believed to be operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).However,
the security outfit has yet to confirm the arrest.
Sowore, an activist and publisher of online news platform SaharaReporters, was said to have been picked up at his
apartment in the early hours of Saturday.He made his arrest known via his Twitter handle at about 1:25 am.
A minute after, the former presidential candidate tweeted “Ja p” which, according to his news platform, confirms his
phone must have been seized while trying to raise the alarm about his arrest.