{"id":123239,"date":"2025-10-23T19:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T18:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123239"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T18:02:19","slug":"why-we-arrested-sowore-over-free-nnamdi-kanu-protest-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/why-we-arrested-sowore-over-free-nnamdi-kanu-protest-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Arrested Sowore Over Free Nnamdi Kanu Protest- Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has explained that the arrest of human rights activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, was linked to his alleged role in leading demonstrators into a restricted area during the recent \u201cFree Nnamdi Kanu\u201d protest in Abuja, in defiance of a court order.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSowore has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force, and the reason is that the 13 people that were arrested previously in connection to the \u2018Free Nnamdi Kanu\u2019 protest gave their statements,\u201d Hundeyin said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFrom the statements, every one of them mentioned that one Sowore led them into the restricted area in contravention of the court order. So it would be most unfair to charge some people to court and leave the person that led them to commit the offence.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnd that\u2019s why, in the spirit of fair play, and to ensure that justice is served, Sowore was arrested today,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the police spokesman, Sowore would not be detained beyond 24 hours as the Force plans to charge him to court immediately.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn fact, if everything goes right, our plan is to ensure that he\u2019s arraigned today,\u201d Hundeyin stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He recalled that 13 suspects had earlier been arrested for violating the restriction order, with eight apprehended around the Transcorp area and five others near the Ministry of Finance in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundeyin said the arrests followed several warnings issued to protesters against converging in restricted zones.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sowore\u2019s arrest took place within the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja, where he had gone to show solidarity with the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eyewitnesses said the activist was accosted by armed policemen, who insisted he accompany them to the FCT Police Command.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Sowore asked what his offence was, one of the officers reportedly replied:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Commissioner of Police said we should bring you to the office.\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has explained that the arrest of human rights activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, was linked to his alleged role in leading demonstrators&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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