Nigeria: Sowore Speaks From Custody, Says Buhari Out to Destroy Civic Space

14 November 2019

Detained social activist, publisher and politician, Omoyele Sowore, has spoken out from the custody of the State Security Service, telling PREMIUM TIMES he is being held as part of a grand scheme by the Buhari administration to shut down Nigeria's civic space.

Mr Sowore called a PREMIUM TIMES' reporter on Thursday afternoon, in a rare move to directly send out a message to the public.

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