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    Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has decried the delay by the Ondo State Government in releasing Kemisola Ogunniyi, a woman arrested by the police last October during the #EndSARS protest. According to an earlier report Ogunniyi birthed a baby boy while at Surulere Prison in Ondo. Sowore and other well-meaning individuals had called for the immediate release of the young lady, who was arrested in Akure and has been imprisoned since October 24, 2020, while going to a pharmacy to buy drugs for her mother. However, in a recent post on his Twitter handle on Thursday, Sowore stated that the Ondo State government has insisted on holding the baby and mother in custody. He said the lawyer of the lady had filed an application for bail on request of the government, but a date had yet to be given for hearing. The human rights activist also noted that the prison guard who accompanied Ogunniyi to the hospital is now being accused of taking photos of the nursing mother and her bab...

  Nigerian activist and RevolutionNow convener Omoyele Sowore has revealed why he was seen in court with a 'Juju man'. Sowore who was later interviewed said that the man who wore the traditional attire normally associated with 'Juju men' is not a herbalist or a 'Juju man' as many described. He said the man is an African man who accompanied him to court dressed in what represents his belief. The human rights activist stated that the reason for the man being there was to discourage people who always look down on African traditions, cultural beliefs, and fashion. Sowore and the man in traditional attire According to Sowore, another reason for the man's presence was to change the belief that European cultures are better than those of Africans. He dished that the statement he was trying to make while making his court appearance was "Pan Africanism"; breaking the stereotype that African traditions, cultural beliefs, and fashion are inferior to those of t...