Wife of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, an online news platform, Mrs Opeyemi Sowore, on Tuesday led protesters to the United Nations Plaza in New York, over the detention of her husband by Nigeria’s Department of State Services.
CNN reports that Mrs Sowore went to the UN office, where President Muhammadu Buhari is currently attending the 74th General Assembly to call for the release of the co-convener of #RevolutionNow.
Mrs Sowore told CNN, “It is very sad to see the cause of action this has taken in the past one and a half months, especially for someone that was calling for a change for the better in Nigeria.
“It’s been almost two months since he walked out the door. Children are resilient in times like this, but they miss their father and are really hoping for his safe return.”
She said that she had been only allowed two phone conversations with her husband since his arrest in August.
In an interview earlier this month, Mrs Sowore said that the Federal Government had nothing to pin on her.
The DSS has filed charges bordering on treasonable felony against the activist.
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered that Sowore should be released immediately from the custody of the DSS.
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