The Department of State Service has rearrested and detained activists Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare popularly known as Mandate under 24 hours of release.

The two men were rearrested by operatives of the secret police on Friday hours after they were released on bail on Thursday evening.

They were standing trial at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday in a case earlier brought against them by the Nigerian Government when DSS operatives stormed the place and disrupted proceedings, leading to hours of standoff and tension around the place.

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The DSS operatives also chased away the presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu while also brutalising a journalist with a popular television station. 

According to reports, Sowore and Bakare have been taken back to the prison by the DSS.

Meanwhile, the video where the DSS were harassing Sowore while in the court is down below

Watch video below

Stay tuned for more details.

Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting Obinwannem News