Members of civil society organisation (CSOs) demanding for the release of Omoyele Sowore have been attacked by thugs at a protest in Abuja.
The ugly incident happened at the headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the thugs unleash violence on the protesters at the NHRC headquarters on Monday in the course of presenting a letter of protest to the commission.
According to reports, Deji Adeyanju, convener of Concerned Nigerians, other leaders of the protest and journalists took to their heels in the melee and the cause of the attack is unknown as at the time of reportage.
Recall that Operatives of Department of State Services arrested Omoyele Sowore on December 6 a few hours after he was releeased having spent 124 days in custody.
Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters is charged with insulting President Muhammadu Buhari, treasonable felony and money laundering.
The court had summoned Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), and Yusuf Bichi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), over the detention of the pro-democracy activist despite a subsisting order for his release.
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