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Omoyele Sowore recounts his personal ordeal under the former Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the current Director-General of the DSS, Oluwatosin Ajayi
A MUST-READ!
Omoyele Sowore recounts his personal ordeal under the former Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the current Director-General of the DSS, Oluwatosin Ajayi.
It is a thrilling firsthand account of arrest, detention, abuse, and the continued consequences of speaking out against those in power,led by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Read the story and decide for yourself.
OnThisDay in 2025!
On this day in 2025, the disgraced former illegal Inspector-General of @PoliceNG , Kayode Egbetokun, had me arrested for leading the #PoliceProtest demanding better welfare and improved working conditions for officers of the Nigeria Police Force, especially retired personnel who had been abandoned to hardship.
He assigned then DCP Akin Fakorede to oversee my ordeal which included my arrest, interrogation, and detention. The following morning, at about 6:00 a.m., a Chief Superintendent of Police was sent into my filthy cell at the Force Intelligence Department (FID) to assault me. During the attack, my arm was nearly broken.
Despite those efforts to intimidate me, I remained steadfast. Egbetokun was eventually removed from office.
The same fate awaits the Director-General of the @OfficialDSSNG Oluwatosin Ajayi, who has recently been deployed to target and jail me because I have continued to speak out against the inept and corrupt government of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Just like Egbetokun before him, Tosin Ajayi caused criminal charges to be filed against me over my statement describing Tinubu as a criminal.
He instructed his prosecutors to seek my remand in Kuje Prison and, dissatisfied with the court’s decision, sent operatives to abduct and assault me at the Federal High Court while I was waiting to be taken into custody by prison officials. He later claimed he was “investigating” the very incident.
He did not stop there. He influenced my detention conditions by having me kept alongside tuberculosis patients in Kuje Correctional Centre and also pursued the seizure of my international passport through the court, using the tactic previously used by Egbetokun.
The DG of the DSS also caused my assistant to be detained claiming she posses a CJI drone.
Recently, on his pettiness, Tosin Ajayi escalated his desperation by hiring paid crowds to stage fake pro-government protests across Abuja.
In my view, Tosin Ajayi has become one of the most insecure Directors-General in the history of the DSS, just as Egbetokun became one of the most insecure Inspectors-General in the history of the Nigeria Police Force. Both, even maintained paid online trolls operating from within their respective offices.
#RevolutionNow #TinubuMustGo