Sowore is a prominent human rights defender, activist and journalist.

Sowore has been arbitrarily detained by the President Muhammadu Buhari regime since August 3, which levied baseless charges against him for organizing the #RevolutionNow protest movement, a movement with aims to oppose the rampant government corruption that still plagues the country.

However, it was learnt that there is a protest currently taking place (today) at the headquarters of the Department of State Services.

A female journalist reported that gunshots were fired by the DSS, "they fired gunshots at us!" 

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At the moment, many of the journalists have taken to their heels to avoid being hit by bullets.

There was no sign of any casualties as of the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, a human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has accused sympathizers of the President Muhammadu Buhari regime of threatening him at gunpoint and forcing him to accept N1-million to cancel the protest calling for the release of the detained human rights activists, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare.  

Adeyanju displayed the alleged N1 million cash while addressing journalists today (Tuesday). 

He, however, refused to mention the name of those who offered the cash.