Rights activist, Mr. Omoyele Sowore has been arrested at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Sowore, who led the #FreeNnamdiKanuProtest in Abuja, on Co, had fled when the police arrested other protesters.
He had subsequently taken to social media to announce the arrest of 13 protesters, including Emmanuel, a brother of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor.
The police had warned those planning to stage a protest for the release of the detained IPoB leader not to move close to some restricted parts of the nation’s capital, but the activist stood his ground, saying it was his right to protest.
A video seen by our correspondent showed that Sowore was earlier at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the case of Kanu.
‘Today, I met with Kanu Agabi, the lead lawyer for Kanu Nnmadi, at the Federal High Court, and he disclosed that his team will be withdrawing from the case, leaving Nnamdi Kanu to continue his trial without representation. He was s sure that it was completely political’, Sowore had posted before his arrest.
As he made his way out of the court, a police team accosted him and asked that he follow them to the station.
After back and forth, the politician and activist went with them.
One of Sowore’s associates said that the Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory had earlier invited him.
‘He was going to honour their invitation. It was in the itinerary. I wonder why they were so much in a hurry’, said the associate.
