Police Arrest Activist Omoyele Sowore Inside Abuja Court

|By Chinwendu Nwani

Human rights activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday inside the Federal High Court, Abuja.

His arrest was confirmed by human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong in a post on X, where he accused the President Bola Tinubu administration of “making a mockery of Nigeria’s judicial system.”

Effiong wrote: “The arrest of Omoyele Sowore at the Federal High Court in Abuja moments ago is preposterous. The police and the Tinubu regime are making a mockery of our judicial system. He should be freed immediately. Stop the shenanigans.”

Sowore had earlier posted on Facebook that he was at the court with senior advocate Kanu Agabi, lead counsel to detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. According to Sowore, Agabi informed him that his legal team would be withdrawing from the case, leaving Kanu to face trial without legal representation.

As of press time, the police had not issued any official statement on the arrest.