Sahara Reporters
The Nigerian Government has deactivated biometric identification of human rights activist and former Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore.
The documents deactivated include the activist’s national identity card, permanent voter card, international passport and driver license.
As a result of this, Sowore will not be able to use any of the national documents to carry out any transaction within and outside the country as the cards cannot be read biometrically.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime is yet to give any explanation for the move.
The latest attack on the activist by the Nigerian Government came two days after SaharaReporters published an exclusive story revealing how a hacker had broken into the server of the National Identification Management Commission to steal personal information of over three million citizens.
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