Legal counsel to human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has said that the police acted outside the law by declaring his client wanted Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, the counsel, Tope Temokun, stated that “there is no law in Nigeria that empowers the police to declare anybody wanted.”…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has reaffirmed that his declaration of activist Omoyele Sowore as wanted remains in effect, vowing that the police will take all lawful steps to arrest him. Jimoh had on Monday declared Sowore wanted for allegedly “causing a disturbance of public peace and acts to commit a serious…
The Police warned protesters to obey a court order restricting gatherings near Aso Rock Villa, the National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Eagle Square, and Shehu Shagari Way Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has vowed to proceed with the planned #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest despite a Federal High Court order restricting demonstrations around key government locations in Abuja. The…
The Amilcar Cabral Ideological School Movement (ACIS-M) has raised alarm over what it described as the forced detention, physical assault, and secret relocation of activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, while in police custody. In a statement signed by its National Youth Coordinator, Majekodunmi O. Ebhohon, the group said that at about 6:00 a.m. on Thursday,…
Human rights activist and the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has called for an upward review of remuneration of the rank and file of the Nigeria Police. Sowore, who spoke as a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday, said there was no reason policemen should not earn…
