The police have arrested the publisher of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore following a protest he led in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Mr Sowore had on Thursday via Twitter charged Nigerians to hold a crossover protest by picking up a candle and a placard showing their grievances against the Buhari administration.
The publisher and others were arrested on New Year eve while on a #CrossoverWithProtest march.
Some of the protesters who escaped arrest told Premium Times that Sowore was whisked away in one of the seven vans of the Nigerian police mobilised to the protest ground at Gudu junction in Abuja.
Sahara Reporters said the former presidential candidate was taken to Abattoir police station in Logokoma, Abuja where he is currently being detained alongside others.
Sowore has clashed severally with the Buhari administration. He is facing treason charges for leading the #RevolutionNow movement.
