Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore was dramatically re-arrested Friday just hours after being freed on bail, in a case that has raised questions over free speech in the country.
Sowore, who is the publisher of US-based Sahara Reporters newspaper and ran for president in February's general elections, was detained after calling for a nationwide demonstration against President Muhammadu Buhari. He was charged with treason, money laundering and cyberstalking the President, but denies all charges.Sowore is being held by Nigeria's intelligence agency, the Department of State Security , since his arrest on August 3 -- despite two court orders granting him bail.
Read MoreThe judge and court staffers fled the courtroom in the chaos that ensued, Ope Sowore said."Armed DSS operatives strangled and forcefully harmed my husband in an attempt to rearrest him. The judge fled the courtroom for her own safety. And with brutal force, the DSS operatives were successful in taking my husband again," she told CNN.
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