The arrest of Omoyele Sowore on Monday, 22 June underscores the highhandedness of Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who had unjustly revoked Sowore’s bail a week earlier. But it also does more than that; it is yet another demonstration of the draconian nature of the Nigerian state. We are often told that the court is the last hope of the common wo/man.

The Revolutionary Socialist Movement (RSM) has issued a strongly worded statement condemning the violent actions of fhe Department of State Services (DSS) to human rights activist…

They described the revocation of his bail as partisan and accused the government of persecuting and harassing the activist.