Human rights activist and former presidential candidate under the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja for his arraignment on fresh charges filed by the Nigeria Police Force.
Naija News reports that the police alleged that Sowore committed cybercrime, forgery, and incited police mutiny during a July protest involving retired police officers. The three-count charge will be heard before Justice Emeka Nwite.
Speaking to journalists before entering the courtroom, Sowore maintained that he would not be intimidated by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
He said, “I remain resolute and undaunted, irrespective of the intimidation. Nigerian citizens and the police must be liberated from the shackles of the oppressors who have been holding them hostage.”
The activist arrived in the company of human rights lawyers Abubakar Marshal, Alexander Oketa, Wayne Chikezie Elijah, and Chike Anago Amanze, alongside a number of his supporters.
This latest case comes months after Sowore’s January 2025 arraignment on 17 counts of cybercrime offences for repeatedly referring to Egbetokun as “illegal IGP.”
Those charges were based on a video clip and several social media posts in which he called for mass resistance against what he described as “constitutional vandalism” following the controversial extension of the IGP’s tenure.
Confirming his court appearance in a post on 𝕏 Thursday morning, Sowore wrote, “At the Federal Court Abuja, I am attending to newly filed charges by the Nigeria Police Force, which allege unfounded cybercrime and forgery. #RevolutionNow.”
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