{"id":4046,"date":"2019-12-24T16:09:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T16:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2019-12-24T16:09:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T16:09:54","slug":"breaking-nigerian-government-orders-release-of-sowore-dasuki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=4046","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Nigerian Government Orders Release Of Sowore, Dasuki"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>BREAKING: Nigerian Government Orders Release Of Sowore, Dasuki<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>By Our Correspondent<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The latest development follows wide spread condemnation of their continued detention by both international and local observers.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The Nigerian Government has ordered the release of pro-democracy campaigner and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, and former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The order came 18 days after Sowore was rearrested at the Federal High Court, Abuja, by operatives of Department of State Services.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Dasuki on his part was arrested on December 1, 2015 by the DSS for allegedly stealing $2.1bn and accused of awarding phantom contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets, and ammunition meant for Nigeria&#8217;s military campaign against Boko Haram Islamist militants.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>He had been detained since that period despite being granted bail by four different high court judges in Nigeria and ECOWAS Court.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>SOURCE: SAHARA REPORTERS\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Nigerian Government Orders Release Of Sowore, Dasuki By Our Correspondent The latest development follows wide spread condemnation of their continued detention by both international and local observers. 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