Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, urging the agency to focus its efforts on tackling banditry and terrorism rather than prosecuting government critics.
Frank made the call in a statement on Tuesday, following Monday’s ruling by the Federal High Court in Abuja which ordered Sowore’s remand at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing of his application challenging the revocation of his bail.
Describing Sowore’s detention as “a national disgrace” and “a dangerous assault on democracy,” Frank said the activist had committed no offence that justified his arrest or continued detention.
He alleged that the prosecution was politically motivated and part of an attempt to intimidate opposition politicians, journalists, civil society groups and other critics ahead of the 2027 general
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