Human rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, has condemned the public humiliation of activist and presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) inside court premises, describing the incident as a dangerous assault on the sanctity of the judiciary and democratic norms. In a statement issued on Monday, Adeyanju accused security operatives of engaging in “hooliganism” within the court and warned that such conduct risks portraying Nigeria as a country that lacks respect for the rule of law.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has strongly condemned the revocation of the bail granted to human rights activist and presidential candidate of the…

The organisation made the demand in a statement issued on Monday following the ruling by Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who ordered the remand of Sowore…