No going back – Sowore dares Nigerian govt
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has vowed to continue his criticism of the Nigerian government despite fresh attempts by security agencies to clamp down on his social media accounts.
Sowore, in a statement on Sunday via his X handle, alleged that the Department of State Services, DSS, wrote to X demanding the deactivation of his account within 24 hours.
He claimed the move followed an earlier protest at the Federal High Court and the Ministry of Justice by alleged pro-government demonstrators who called for his arrest.
According to him, the action is “unconstitutional” and amounts to “a desecration of national dignity.”
He accused the DSS and the police of persistent harassment, including arrests, seizure of his passport, and what he described as trumped-up charges.
The activist also alleged that he was recently assaulted by armed police officers, and that the federal government had falsely accused him in court of terrorism financing.
Sowore maintained that the DSS move to pressure social media platforms into silencing him was an attempt to “export national disgrace to the US,” insisting that such measures would not stop his campaign against President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
“The struggle against these criminals continues ceaselessly with or without a Twitter account, with or without Facebook, and whether I am in jail or outside of it. The struggle continues,” he declared.
No going back – Sowore dares Nigerian govt
