DSS arrests Omoyele Sowore on return to Nigeria

The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested popular activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore upon his return to Nigeria on Sunday morning, September 15.

The activist revealed the arrest in a post he shared on X.

DETAINED BY THE @NigerianImmigration, my International passport confiscated. I had just arrived in Nigeria from the USA to the MMIA in Lagos; upon reaching Nigerian Immigration, my passport was seized, and they told me they had orders to detain me. This is not un expected because i have always known that It is part of the broader clampdown by the fascist 
@officialAbat regime on dissent and their fear of the upcoming #FearlessINOctober revolt. In case this becomes another prolonged and protracted detention, I urge our citizens to ensure they ALL stop tyranny by all means acceptable and necessary, by engaging in the planned series of direct actions slated for October 1st and beyond. #EndBadGovernaceInNigerianow #RevolutionNow

This comes after Sowore had revealed on Saturday that the Nigerian security forces were attempting to track him down in his hometown in Ondo State and allegedly frame him as guilty of bogus offences.

Sowore said, “Yeah! All around in my home town, they’re tryin’ to track me down, yeah! They say they want to bring me in guilty.
“However Babylon must fall! #FearlessInOctober.”

Also, as at press time, some of Sowore’s supporters gathered at the airport allegedly demanding that he be released or there’ll be no exit or entrance into the airport.