Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, has been reportedly arrested on Thursday within the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Sowore was arrested after attending the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra ( IPOB)
Lawyer and human rights activist Deji Adeyanju, who shared the update on his Facebook page, wrote: “Omoyele Sowore just arrested at the Federal High Court by the Nigerian police. When will the Nigerian police stop acting jobless?”
Also, in a live video on Sowore’s page, a police officer was heard telling Sowore that he was not being arrested but invited by the Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory.
Sowore in the video said to the officer: “You said the Commissioner of Police said you should arrest me? Over what?” But the officer said the CP only instructed that Sowore should be brought to “our office.”
Earlier in court, Sowore had shared a video of himself hugging the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in court. He accompanied the video with a caption: “Finally, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and I met at the Federal High Court today. The man is powerful and unrelenting. We greeted and hugged and the bond is strong! #FreeNnamdiKanuNo.”
Details shortly…
