Many Nigerians have demanded the release of Sahara reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists being detained by the police at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
However, the citizens on social media asked President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene as the police have failed to speak on the arrest of the activists, 24 hours after.
The protest, organised by the former presidential candidate, was held in some states with participants carrying candles and placards showing their grievances against the government.
Mr Sowore was reportedly brutalised before being dragged into one of seven vehicles mobilised to the protest ground by the police.
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He has since been in custody alongside others at Abattoir police station in Logokoma, Abuja.
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Amnesty International, Coalition for Revolution (CORE) and various civil rights organisations have demanded the release of the activists and also threatened to sue the police for the ‘illegal arrests’.
In the same vein, Nigerians have also stormed social media to trend the hashtag #FreeSowore.
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