Nigeria: Sowore Spends Night in Jail Despite Fulfiling Bail Conditions

26 September 2019

The Nigerian government is yet to release the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, despite receiving an affidavit of compliance to the court order directing his release on Wednesday morning.

Marshal Abubakar, a lawyer with the Chambers of Mr Sowore's lead counsel, Femi Falana told PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday night that they left the office of Nigeria's State Security Service at 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday without Mr Sowore.

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