Nigeria, Nov. 12 -- Photos have emerged of Nigerian journalists brutalised by armed officers of the State Security Service during a protest in Abuja on Tuesday.

The journalists were covering a demonstration demanding the release Omoyele Sowore of Sahara Reporters by the SSS, which has kept Mr Sowore despite a court-ordered bail.

Mr Sowore is facing charges of treason, money laundering and defamation of President Muhammadu Buhari has been in detention since August 5 when he was arrested.

A federal judge signed a warrant for his release on November 6 after he met stringent bail conditions. But the SSS, Nigeria's domestic intelligence outfit that brought the charges, has continued to flout the court order, even after promising to honour i...