Police arrest Sowore in court

Sowore

Activist and publisher, Mr Omoyele Sowore, was on Thursday arrested within the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja by armed policemen, shortly after he appeared in solidarity with the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

Sowore, who has been at the forefront of calls for Kanu’s release from detention, was picked up by security operatives who insisted that he must come with them to the Federal Capital Territory Police Command.

When asked what his offence was, one of the officers explained that they were acting on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police.

“The Commissioner of Police said we should bring you to the office,” the officer said.

Although Sowore queried the absence of a formal letter of invitation, he maintained that his lawyer must accompany him before he was eventually taken away in a police van.

Confirming Sowore’s arrest in a post via his X handle, human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, described the move as “preposterous”

He wrote, “The arrest of Omoyele Sowore at the Federal High Court in Abuja moments ago is preposterous.