Activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, was on Thursday arrested within the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja by armed policemen, shortly after appearing in solidarity with the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
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Sowore, who has been a vocal advocate for Kanu’s release, was accosted by security operatives who insisted he must accompany them to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command.
When questioned on the reason for his arrest, one of the officers explained that they were acting on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police.
“The Commissioner of Police said we should bring you to the office,” the officer stated.
Although Sowore queried the absence of a formal letter of invitation, he maintained that his lawyer must accompany him before he was eventually taken away in a police van.
Confirming the arrest in a post on X (formerly Twitter), human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, condemned the action, describing it 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.”
Sowore had earlier, on Monday, October 20, led a protest in Abuja — one of the #FreeNnamdiKanu demonstrations that spread to other parts of the country.
During the protest, Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, his brother, Emmanuel Kanu, and ten others were arrested and subsequently remanded at the Kuje Prison.
In the First Information Report (FIR) filed before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kuje, police alleged that the defendants, during the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest — held in defiance of a court order — chanted war songs and disrupted the free flow of traffic.
They were also accused of engaging in criminal conspiracy, inciting disturbance, and causing a breach of public peace — offences punishable under Sections 152, 114, and 113 of the Penal Code Law.
The charge read in part:
“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.
It is, however, unclear whether the police intend to amend the charge to include Sowore following his arrest.
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