US government’s stance on Sowore’s case could affect relationship with Nigeria
Amid the ongoing political saga between Nigeria's State Security Service (also known as the Department of State Services) and the convener of the Revolution Now initiative, Sowore Omoyele, American politician Senator Robert Menendez, who has held the senior United States Senator position from New Jersey since 2006, has weighed in on the issue.
In a widely-circulated video, Menendez pledged the United States' involvement in the case. He emphatically stated that the DSS had no right to defy court orders in a democratic system and claimed that Omoyele Sowore hadn't committed a crime by exercising his freedom of speech.
Menendez expressed:
“The United States is watching and the world is watching. I fear that the blatant harassment of Mr Omoyele Sowore, an activist and journalist whose onl...