Breaking: Police arrest Sowore after court appearance for Nnamdi Kanu

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA–Former statesmanlike campaigner and activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been whisked distant from the precincts of the Federal High Court successful Abuja by equipped policemen, soon aft helium made quality for the detained person of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

Sowore, who is simply a frontline agitator for Kanu’s merchandise from detention, was connected Thursday accosted by the information operatives who insisted helium indispensable determination with them to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command.

Asked what his offence was, 1 of the officers explained that they were executing an bid from the Commissioner of Police.

“The commissioner of constabulary said we should bring you to the office,” the serviceman added.

Even though helium queried the lack of a missive of invitation to him, Sowore, who maintained that his lawyer indispensable travel him, was taken distant successful a constabulary van.

It volition beryllium recalled that the activistic and steadfast of an online quality platform, Sahara Reporters, was among the organisers of the #FreeNnamdiKanu protestation that rocked Abuja and different parts of the state past Monday.

In the people of the protest, 12 persons including Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel, and 1 of his lawyers, Alloy Ejimakor, were arrested and subsequently remanded astatine the Kuje prison.

Police, successful the First Information Report, FIR, it filed earlier a Chief Magistrate Court astatine Kuje, alleged that the defendants, during the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest, which it said was held successful disobedience to a tribunal order, chanted warfare songs portion disrupting the escaped travel of traffic.

It alleged that they engaged successful transgression conspiracy, incited disturbance and disturbed nationalist peace, offences punishable nether sections 152, 114 and 113 of the Penal Code Law.

The complaint against them read: “That connected 20th time 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, each antheral adults of FCT Abuja were arrested by a squad of information agents successful antithetic locations wrong FCT portion involving yourselves successful inciting disturbance, and breach of nationalist Peace successful disobedience to a tribunal Order, denying different citizens the state of movement, disrupting escaped travel of postulation portion chanting warfare songs and requesting for the merchandise of Nnamdi Kanu who is undergoing lawful proceedings astatine the Federal High Court successful a mode that threatens National Security. You thereby committed the above-mentioned offences.”

The tribunal fixed Friday to instrumentality the plea of the defendants connected the charge.

It is not yet wide if the complaint would beryllium amended to see Sowore arsenic a defendant.

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