Nigerian Journalist Yele Sowore Arrested Amid Courtroom Incident
December 6, 2019
Video posted to Twitter shows a chaotic Nigerian courtroom as Omoyele Sowore was re-arrested by authorities there despite two court orders for his release on bail.
“I started physically shaking. The first thing that came out of my mouth is ‘My children, how do I tell my children?’ I am truly afraid for his life,†his wife Opeyemi Sowore said. She saw the videos Friday morning, CBS2’s Alice Gainer reports.
The Nigerian-American activist and journalist lives in Haworth, New Jersey, where yellow ribbons have been tied on trees, one for every day he’s been away.
Read more at: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/12/06/nigerian-journalist-yele-sowore-arrested-amid-courtroom-incident/
He was freed and now, apparently rearrested. This Nigerian who lives in New Jersey but is over there.
