Zainab Sadiq, a journalist who works with Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, is released from the custody of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS), multiple outlets report. Sowore announces the development on his verified X account late Friday. Both reports say her release follows sustained public calls for her freedom. In Sowore’s account of events, the DSS custody ends after what he describes as “conscientious intervention and determined pressure,” including pressure from people in Nigeria and abroad.
The reports also note that DSS had earlier confirmed her detention, which prompted widespread reactions and demands for her release. After announcing her freedom, Sowore frames the outcome as a response to civic pressure and collective action, though both outlets primarily relay the announcement and the context of her prior detention rather than providing new details about the conditions or timeline of the detention.
