Policemen from different formations of the Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday laid siege to the Ikeja, Lagos offices of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights and online news platform,lear
nt that the officers, who were armed, arrived on the premises early to stop a protest against the detention of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow movement.Sahara Reporters.
Rights group, Amnesty International, in a series of tweet on Wednesday, also condemned the siege, saying it was an attack on freedom of expression.Sahara Reporters He demanded the immediate release of all political prisoners, including Sowore, Agba Jalingo and Abayomi Olawale, akaoffice and that of the CDHR, thinking that we are going to start the protest from there. But we started the protest from another venue.
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