Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress presidential candidate in the 2023 election, was briefly arrested and later released at Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos.
According to PUNCH Online, Sowore was detained on Sunday morning after arriving from the USA.
Upon reaching immigration, his passport was confiscated, and he was informed of orders to detain him.
Sowore posted the incident on his X account, stating, “I had just arrived in Nigeria from the USA at MMIA in Lagos; upon reaching Nigerian Immigration, my passport was seized, and they told me they had orders to detain me. This is not unexpected 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.”
Sowore’s flight had departed from Washington Dulles International Airport at 6.14 EDT, landing in Lagos around 9.43am.
A leaked memo from the DSS, dated Thursday, 12 September 2024, revealed the order to arrest Sowore upon his arrival.
However, in an update via his X handle, Sowore confirmed his release, stating, “I have just been released by the Nigerian Immigration after a brief detention and my passport released back to me.”
