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Sowore Arrested at Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial in Abuja

  • Date of Occurrence
    July 26, 2021
  • State/Country
    Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
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Foremost activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested at the Federal High Court Abuja, Daily Report Nigeria can confirm.

The SaharaReporters Publisher was arrested as the court resumed the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

The report says the ‘Buhari-must-go’ activist was picked up by security operatives on the court premises while making a Facebook Live session on Monday morning.

Sowore’s arrest may be in line with the barring of media houses by the Department of State Services, allowing only 10 media organizations to cover the trial of Nnamdi Kanu.

Household media organizations like The PUNCH, The Guardian, Vanguard, Daily Trust, Tribune, Daily Sun, The Cable, and Daily Times, and Sowore’s Sahara Reporters were all barred from covering the trial.

The media organisations accredited by the DSS to cover the trial are Daily Post, ThisDay, Premium Times, The Nation, Daily Independent, The Herald, National Television Authority, Television Continental, African Independent Television and Channels Television.

The DSS did not give reasons for picking just 10 media houses while barring others from covering the trial.

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Publisher of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore and others arrested during a protest at the Federal High Court, Abuja has been released.

The activists had staged a protest in solidarity with leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, who is undergoing trial.

A few hours after their arrest, the ‘Buhari-Must-Go’ activist announced he had been released alongside others.

He said: “They have just released us. They dragged, harassed and beat us.

“They took us to the Federal Secretariat Police Station. I told them that they have no right to arrest me.

“I have a right to observe the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. They took our cards and deleted all recordings.”

Reacting, the Coalition of Civil Society condemned the arrest of Sowore and other supporters of the detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu.

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  • Date of Occurrence
    2021-07-26
  • State/Country
    Federal Capital Territory
  • Perpetrator
    Department of State Services (DSS)
  • Source
    https://dailyreportng.com/sowore-arrested-at-nnamdi-kanus-trial-in-abuja/
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Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

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  • North Central
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  • Freedom of Expression
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male
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  • Forced Disappearances, Unlawful Arrests and Detention
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