Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters and former presidential candidate, was arrested early Saturday by security operatives suspected to be from the Department of State Security (DSS).

Nigerians reacted to his arrest

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu tweeted, "Fulani tyranny and primative dictorship will never win this war against the massed rank of oppressed people in Nigeria in Nigeria. Suppressing the right to protest in a so-called democracy will only hasten the collapse of that ZOO. #FreeSowore and allow the #RevolutionNow right to protest."

Senator Shehu Sani also wrote on his Twitter, "Our democracy is a block of ice floating on warm waters. The sponsored protest and attacks on @AmnestyNigeria stands condemned. The arrest and detention of @YeleSowore is needless. I join the call for his release #FreeSowore"

Atiku Abubakar call it "kidnapping in the guise of arrest"

SOURCE: https://www.tori.ng