Activist and convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, led some well-meaning Nigerians and Civil Society Groups to protest the continued detention of the former presidential candidate of African Action Congress and convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore.

The concerned Nigerians defied security operatives in their numbers and demanded the release of other Nigerians also who had been detained “unjustly” by the President Buhari led administration.

Speaking at the Unity Fountain, venue of the protest, Adeyanju said the issue is not only about Sowore but about Dadi Yata, Jones Abiri, Steven Kefas and other social critics in custody as prisoners of conscience.

He said that every time the children of God are gathering the evil ones also gather too and even mix with them.

Adeyanju said he represented “the uncountable numbers of Nigerians who are victims of maladministration of Buhari’s government in Nigeria.”

The security personnel comprising soldiers, policemen as well as operatives of the Department of State Services, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and Nigerian Prison Service, stormed the Unity Fountain, Abuja, venue of the protest but the activists defied them and carried on with their demand.

Sowore was arrested by the DSS on August 3 for treason allegation after calling for a protest tagged #RevolutionNow.

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#RevolutionNow was a call for Nigerians to protest against the deteriorating security and economic condition in the country.

Sowore & others have not said Dogs & Baboons will be sucked in blood like Buhari. Neither have they said they will form parallel government like Amaechi did under GEJ or call for blood like el-Rufai. -Comrade Ariyo pic.twitter.com/NSsuOAoBw9

— Comrade Deji Adeyanju (@adeyanjudeji) August 14, 2019