Barely 24 hours after his release from custody, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday morning re-arrested the convener of RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare on fresh charges.

Sowore, who is currently being detained at the DSS office in Abuja was re-arrested following an earlier attempt by DSS operatives to arrest him inside the courtroom of a Federal High Court in Abuja.

The DSS is yet to disclose the reason for the re-arrest which turned rowdy inside the courtroom as Sowore’s supporters and his legal team shielded him from the DSS operatives.

After a stand off which lasted over three hours inside the courtroom, Sowore’s lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana insisted that the arrest be effected outside the court premises.

Falana told newsmen that the DSS had claimed they wanted to ask Sowore a few questions but ended up detaining him and his co-defendant.

Both men are facing seven counts bordering on conspiracy to commit treasonable felony in breach of Section 516 of the Criminal Code Act, money laundering, cybercrimes among others.

They had pleaded not guilty to the charges and were subsequently granted bail on October 4, 2019 in the sum of N100 million and N50 million respectively with two sureties in like sum.