DSS arrests #RevolutionNow protesters in Abuja, Osogbo [PHOTOS]

On Wednesday, Nigeria’s Department of State Services arrested over forty men and women participating in the Revolution Now protest initiated by the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore.

The protesters carrying placards and banners had set out as early as 8 am to demand good governance from the Buhari-led administration. Some of their placards read, ‘Nigerians are sick and tired of poverty, corruption, injustice and untimely death’; ‘Say no to injustice’, ‘Yes to living wage for unemployed youths’

The security agents which include police and Army, stormed the Unity center Abuja where the protesters converged, dispersed them, and got some of them arrested. Sowore who shared the photos of the arrested protesters online, wrote ”Nigerian security agents subjecting peaceful #RevolutionNow protesters to inhuman and degrading treatment at Unity Fountain in Abuja.”

Meanwhile,  the Department of State Services also re-arrested Olawale Bakare and many other #RevolutionNow protesters wearing orange-coloured caps around Olaiya area of Osogbo, Osun State capital.

The protesters led by Bakare aka Mandate armed with placards had converged on Correspondents’ chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists located in the area and informed newsmen that they wanted to address them. While waiting outside for the leadership of the chapel to invite them in, some policemen had approached them and were discussing with the protesters.

While that was on, armed men of Department of State Services swooped on the protesters and arrested seven of them.