Let it be known that I am in Abuja and available for arrest when they are ready
By Moses Okorie
The publisher of SaharaReporters and former convener of #RevelutionNow, Mr. Omoyele Sowore has informed the Nigeria Police Force that he is in Abuja and ready for their arrest.
In a post on Saturday night via his verified X handle, Sowore said his lawyer has informed him that Nigeria Police Force is planning to arrest him for a petition by an officer, Samuel Lough, because of a publication his media platform, SaharaReporters made.
According to Sowore, “My lawyers informed me this evening that the Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG might arrest me over a petition filed by one rogue Police officer, Samuel Lough, SAN, because @SaharaReporters wrote some exposee on him. Let it be known that I am in Abuja and available for arrest when they are ready!”
Sowore has been in a running battle with Nigerian security agencies which includes but not limited to his arrest by Department of State Services (DSS) at his Lagos residence on August 3, 2019, by 1.25 am.
His online news platform Sahara Reporters first broke the story before other local news platforms followed suit. A DSS petition to keep Sowore in custody for 45 days pending investigations was granted on August 8 by an Abuja court, headed by Justice Taiwo Taiwo.