Lauretta Onochie, social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that the Department of State Services (DSS) saved Omoyele Sowore from setting himself ablaze.

Mrs Onochie said this on Saturday as reactions follow the arrest of Sowore, presidential candidate AAC in the last presidential election in Nigeria.

Sowore was arrested at his apartment early Saturday and his phone seized when he tried to raise alarm over the invasion.

The arrest is believed to be connected with his planned #RevolutionNow protests which is set to commence nationwide on August 5.

Onochie, alleged that Sowore had threatened to set himself on fire in protest to President Buhari’s administration.

“This is what DSS Saved Sowore from doing, it’s in order for the security operatives whose role is to safeguard both lives and properties, to take him into custody to prevent him from harming himself and get him the help he needs,” she said in response to a tweet.

Meanwhile, former education minister, Oby Ezekwesili and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Atiku Abubaka, have  joined several others in calling for the release of Sowore.