SaharaReporters’ publisher Omoyele Sowore has commenced an indefinite hunger strike, a day after he was whisked away and taken into custody by operatives of the Nigeria police.
Recall the rights activist was arrested alongside other citizens in the wee hours of New Year’s Day, during a crossover gathering in Abuja to protest widespread poverty and rights abuses.
Mr. Sowore, who was apparently injured during his forceful arrest by police officers embarked on a hunger strike Saturday, to protest the police’s refusal to grant him access to his books, SaharaReporters is reporting.
Police authorities did not explain reasons for the decision. The Force has yet to file charges against the activist and his detained colleagues who are being held at Abattoir.
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This is extreme activism. Sowore should take it easy please. smh!
He thinks this is how to be another Nelson Mandela. An uncalled for protest at the beginning of a new year
The guy no like freedom sha…this country is not worth dying for ooo! The people you are fighting for will still vote Buhari
hunger never catch am