Video: Sowore freed after four-day detention, calls out police conduct
Abdullateef Fowewe
Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and #RevolutionNow convener, has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre after four days in detention.
Video: Sowore freed after four-day detention, calls out police conduct
Sowore condemned the police action while announcing his release via his X (formerly Twitter) account, stating, “Leaving Kuje Prison in Abuja after being detained there illegally for four days by @officialABAT illegal IGP, Kayode Egbetokun. #FreeNnamdiKanuNow.”
The arrest followed a #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest which was dispersed by police officers using tear gas and warning shots.
The protest was carried out to demand the unconditional release of Kanu, who has been held since 2021.
Sowore was detained after meeting the IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu at the Federal High Court.
The court later granted Sowore and others bail set at N500,000 each, with conditions including NIN, tax clearance, and passport submission.
Sowore was arraigned alongside Emmanuel Kanu, Nnamdi Kanu’s brother, and lawyer Aloy Ejimakor, accused of unlawful assembly and disturbing public peace during the protest.
