{"id":740611,"date":"2019-11-08T13:49:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/sowore-begins-hunger-strike-in-dss-detention-demands-immediate-release\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T13:49:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:49:32","slug":"sowore-begins-hunger-strike-in-dss-detention-demands-immediate-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/sowore-begins-hunger-strike-in-dss-detention-demands-immediate-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowore Begins Hunger Strike In DSS Detention; Demands Immediate Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>According to reports, popular human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has gone on hunger strike to demand for his release from the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_710179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-710179\" style=\"width: 777px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-710179\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sowore-777x437.jpg\" alt=\"Omoyele Sowore\" width=\"777\" height=\"437\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-710179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omoyele Sowore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to his lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), the activist has protested, by refusing to eat any food, his continued detention by the Department of State Services despite a court order sanctioning his immediate release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0Sowore Finally Meets Bail Conditions, To Be Released On Wednesday: Falana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sowore, who has been detained for 98 days by the DSS has been granted bail twice by the federal high court in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, popular human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has gone on hunger strike to demand for his release from the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS). 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