BREAKING: Police Arrest Sowore In Court

BREAKING: Police Arrest Sowore In Court

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

Sowore, a vocal advocate for Kanu’s release, was reportedly whisked away by security operatives who insisted that he must accompany them to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command.

When asked about his alleged offence, one of the officers stated that they were acting on the directives of the Commissioner of Police.

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

Sowore, however, questioned the absence of a formal invitation letter and demanded that his lawyer accompany him before he was eventually taken away in a police van.

Confirming the incident in a post via his X handle, human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, described the arrest as “preposterous.”

He 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.”

Earlier on Monday, October 20, Sowore had led a protest in Abuja as part of the #FreeNnamdiKanu movement, which also took place in other parts of the country.

During the demonstration, Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, his brother, Emmanuel Kanu, and ten others were arrested and later remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre.

In the First Information Report filed before the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kuje, the police alleged that the defendants, during the protest — said to have defied a court order — chanted war songs and disrupted traffic flow.

They were further accused of criminal conspiracy, incitement, and public disturbance — offences said to be punishable under Sections 152, 114, and 113 of the Penal Code Law.

“That on the 20th day of October 2025, you (1) Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, (2) Prince Emmanuel Kanu, (3) Joshua Emmanuel, (4) Bishop Wilson Anyalewechi, (5) Barrister Okere Kingdom Nnamdi, (6) Clinton Chimeneze, (7) Gabriel Joshua, (8) Isiaka Husseini, (9) Onyekachi Ferdinand, (10) Amadi Prince, (11) Edison Ojisom, and (12) Godwill Obiama, all male adults of the FCT, Abuja, were arrested by a team of security agents at various locations within the FCT for engaging in incitement, disturbance and breach of public peace in disobedience to a court order, thereby disrupting the free movement of citizens while chanting war songs and demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu, who is undergoing lawful trial at the Federal High Court, in a manner that threatens national security.

“You thereby committed the aforementioned offences.”

The court has fixed Friday for the defendants to take their plea on the charge.