Opeyemi, wife of Omoyele Sowore,
convener of RevolutionNow movement, led a protest against President Muhammadu
Buhari outside the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, according to CNN.
Buhari is among the dignitaries
attending the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Nigerian
leader addressed the session earlier on Tuesday.
CNN said Opeyemi used the protest
as an avenue to mount pressure on the Buhari administration to release her
husband who has been in detention since August 3.
Operatives of the Department of
State Services had arrested Sowore in Lagos and transferred him to Abuja two
days after.
In a transcript of his first
conversation with the secret police, Sowore said he had been denied access to
his loved ones.
His wife told CNN that she had
been allowed only two phone conversations with her husband since his arrest.
“It is very sad to see the cause
of action this has taken in the past one and a half months, especially for
someone that was calling for a change for the better in Nigeria,” she was
quoted to have said.
“It’s been almost two months
since he walked out the door. Children are resilient in times like this, but
they miss their father and are really hoping for his safe return.”
The DSS had initially obtained a
court order to detain Sowore for 45 days. On Friday, Sowore was charged to
court for “conspiracy to commit treason” and “insulting” Buhari.
But a federal high court in Abuja
granted him bail on Tuesday and ordered his release to Femi Falana, his
counsel.
Taiwo Taiwo, the presiding judge,
said there was no longer a subsisting order holding Sowore whose wife had
earlier said the government had no grounds to hold her husband.
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