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Department of State Security (DSS)

Omoyele Sowore re-arrested   Friday, December 6, by the Department of State Security (DSS)  just hours after being freed on bail, in a case that has raised questions over free speech in Nigeria.

Re-arresting of Nigerian Journalist “a danger to democracy,” Archbishop Decries

Dec 11, 2019

The re-arresting of Nigerian journalist, human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore within court premises by the Department of State Security (DSS) hours after he had been freed on bail has angered a section of Nigerians including a Catholic Bishop in the West African Country who has condemned the incident terming it “a grave danger for democracy” in Africa’s most populous nation.