BREAKING: Immigration releases Omoyele Sowore after dramatic detention in Lagos, see video and details

  • Omoyele Sowore, a two-time presidential candidate in Nigeria, was detained on Sunday morning, September 15
  • Sowore was quizzed upon arriving at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos
  • Legit.ng gathered that the activist was interrogated by law enforcement agents before being released

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Ikeja, Lagos state – Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 elections, has been released by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).