The Federal Government has re-arraigned the publisher of Sahara Reporters and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a seven count charge bordering on treasonable felony and money laundering.

Sowore alongside his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, were taken to court by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).

A Federal High Court in Abuja had on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of Sowore due to expiration of the date the detention order he the court issued to the DSS but Sowore was not released.

A source in the secret police on Friday told The Guardian that the agency was not in a hurry to release the activist.

“We are aware of the court order, but we are still keeping him to be arraigned next week on charges that Nigerians will know of when he gets to court,” the source told The Guardian.

Justice Taiwo noted that the detention order he issued to the DSS on August 8 expired on September 21.

TheLagostimes recalls that Sowore was arrested by the DSS Saturday, August 3 for planning a nationwide protest tagged #RevolutionNow.

The Nigerian government filed additional charges against Sowore on Friday, September 20, a day before the completion of the initial 45 days the court allowed the DSS to keep him in custody.