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AAC expels party chairman, Sowore and 28 others

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5 years ago

August 10, 2019

Troubles are not over for the convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore as his party, African Action Alliance (AAC) on Friday expelled him. Sowore was the party’s national chairman and presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections.

28 other national officers of the party were also expelled at the party’s convention which took place at Rockview Hotel in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The party immediately announced Leonard Nzenwa as the new national chairman of the party.

A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on Thursday, granted the Department of State Services, DSS, an approval to keep Omoyele Sowore in detention for 45 days pending the outcome of its discrete investigations. The presiding judge, Taiwo Taiwo also said DSS could get additional permission to detain Sowore in custody for his activism.

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