Why we arrested Sowore – Police

The Nigeria Police Force said it arrested the quality rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, for luring protesters into a restricted country to protestation successful contravention of an bid of a court.

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said this during a media league connected Thursday successful Abuja.

“Sowore has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force, and the crushed is that the 13 radical that were arrested antecedently successful transportation to the “FreeNnadiKanu” protestation gave their statements.

“From the statements, each 1 of them mentioned that 1 Sowore led them into the restricted country successful contravention of the tribunal order.

“So it would beryllium astir unfair to complaint immoderate radical to tribunal and permission the idiosyncratic that led them to perpetrate the offence.

“And that’s why, successful the tone of just play, and to guarantee that justness is served, Sowore was arrested today,” helium said.

According to the constabulary spokesman, similar the others too, Sowore volition not walk up to 24 hours with the constabulary due to the fact that we volition arraign him arsenic soon arsenic we wrapper up his charges.

“In fact, if everything goes right, our program is to guarantee that he’s arraigned today,” helium said.

Hundeyin said 13 suspects had earlier been arrested successful transportation to the protestation for violating an bid of a tribunal restricting protestation successful immoderate areas successful Abuja.

He said 8 of the suspects were arrested connected Monday astir the Transcorp country of Abuja, portion 5 others were arrested astir the Ministry of Finance.

According to him, they were arrested due to the fact that they contravened the tribunal bid that restricted movements wrong those areas contempt respective warnings.

He said the suspects were arraigned successful tribunal wrong 24 hours. (NAN)

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