Opeyemi Oluwole Sowore is the Nigerian American wife of Omoyele Sowore. Born 10 November 1973 (age 50) USA [1][2] She came to public view after several advocacy for Omoyele Sowore to be released after the journalist was rearrested by the Department of State Services on charges of threat to National Security including treasonable felony, cyberstalking and money laundering on December 6, being earlier arrested on August 3, 2019.[3][4][5][6][7]
She has led several protests and discourses[8][9][10] over the detention of her husband by the Department of State Services including leading protesters to the United Nations Plaza in New York on September 24, 2019,[11][12][13] advocating global intervention from Democracy Now[14] and the US Senate[15][16][17][18][19][20] into the release of Omoyele.
Career and education edit
She is the Vice President, Head of Consumer Engagement at Teladoc Health having previously led as executive at American Express, Citigroup and Delta Air Lines. She holds a BA from State University of New York at Binghamton in 1995 and an MBA from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester in 1997.[21][22][23]
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- ^ Okonkwo, Rudolf Ogoo. "Nigeria has been quietly crushing press freedom—but now the world is watching". Quartz Africa. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ Rezaian, Jason. "Opinion | With the arrest of a prominent journalist, Nigeria's Buhari is up to his old tricks". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Nigerian journalist Sowore detained in court". 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Anger over detention of Nigerian journalist". 2019-11-09. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ ""My son's Christmas wish is for his dad to be home" Sowore's wife laments". Pulse Nigeria. 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "I'm afraid for my husband's life - Sowore's wife". 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Marchers rally for release of journalist from New Jersey detained in Nigeria". ABC7 New York. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ says, Abdul (2019-11-27). "Sowore's wife, children protest his detention". P.M. News. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ Wife of detained Nigerian journalist speaks to CNN, retrieved 2019-12-21
- ^ "Owoyele Sowore, a Bergen County journalist, arrested in Nigeria". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Sowore's wife, Opeyemi leads protesters to UN". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ Salami, Oluwadamilare (2019-09-25). "Sowore's Wife Leads RevolutionNow Protest Against Buhari To UN Headquarters". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Nigerian Journalist & Activist Omoyele Sowore Remains Jailed for Calling for Peaceful Protests". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Menendez Condemns Harassment and Re-arrest of NJ Journalist in Nigeria | U.S. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey". www.menendez.senate.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ Okonkwo, Rudolf Ogoo. "Nigeria has been quietly crushing press freedom—but now the world is watching". Quartz Africa. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "US to review relationship with Nigeria over Sowore". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ Salami, Oluwadamilare (2019-09-25). "Sowore's Wife Leads RevolutionNow Protest Against Buhari To UN Headquarters". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Sowore: DSS Denies Re-arrest Inside Court, Two US Senators Warn of Consequences". THISDAYLIVE. 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ Bukola Adebayo. "Nigeria faces backlash over the arrest of a US-based activist and journalist". CNN. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Teladoc Health | Resources | Taking member engagement seriously? Virtual can get you there". www.teladochealth.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Opeyemi Oluwole". AHIP. 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Learn how to engage your employees with Accolade and Teladoc Health". Accolade. Retrieved 2019-12-21.