Few people outside Nigeria noticed when armed agents of the west African nation’s security services in August snatched from his hotel room a U.S.-based journalist and activist who runs an online news website.
Now the State Department and U.S. lawmakers are calling for the release of Omoyele Sowore, framing the case as a test of the democratic credentials of Africa’s largest economy and one of America’s top counterterrorism allies.
Nigeria has never been big on the rule of law. On a good day it’s institutions are incompetent and wholly corrupt. This is just business as usual.
They need to be shamed for this call BernieSanders
sowore is an oppositional tool, I guess he is harvesting his reward. He had collected money
The government of Nigeria will stop at nothing to silence the voice of the people.
IF HE IS ONE OF THE SWAMP I HOPE THEY KEEP HIM WE HAVE ENOUGH LIERS ALREADY. OR BETTER YET HANG HIM
Should we be afraid? With realDonaldTrump rhetoric and his attack on the media....are we heading in that direction?
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While you are poking your nose and looking for specks, kindly remove this big log in your eyes 👇
SaharaReporters 🚶♀️too many blind people in this comment section mehn
He's not just a US based journalist but a failed politician who ran for elections, failed woefully at the polls and tried to topple government. Get your facts right and stop posting misleading reports please. Thank you.
RevolutionNow FreeSowore FreeSoworeNow MBuhari
SaharaReporters This jounalist a coupist ... Do ur investigation pls
Is that guy in the back wearing a powdered wig? Nuff said.
Thank you JoeWSJ - few may have noticed then but The World Is Watching now. FreeSoworeNow PrisonersOfConscience Nigeria FreeSpeech HumanRights TrialWatch DropAllCharges NotYetFree SoworeInDanger
A U.S based journalist that contested a Presidential election and lost woefully, then decided to unseat the elected government via a revolution and exterminate the State security apparatus. You are welcome!
A country where there's no rule of law.
What's wrong?