The Nigeria Police Power stated it arrested the human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, for luring protesters right into a restricted space to protest in contravention of an order of a court docket.
The Power Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this throughout a media convention on Thursday in Abuja.
“Sowore has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Power, and the reason being that the 13 people who had been arrested beforehand in connection to the “FreeNnadiKanu” protest gave their statements.
“From the statements, each considered one of them talked about that one Sowore led them into the restricted space in contravention of the court docket order.
“So it could be most unfair to cost some individuals to court docket and go away the individual that led them to commit the offence.
“And that’s why, within the spirit of honest play, and to make sure that justice is served, Sowore was arrested at this time,” he stated.
Based on the police spokesman, just like the others too, Sowore won’t spend as much as 24 hours with the police as a result of we’ll arraign him as quickly as we wrap up his expenses.
“The truth is, if all the things goes proper, our plan is to make sure that he’s arraigned at this time,” he stated.
Hundeyin stated 13 suspects had earlier been arrested in connection to the protest for violating an order of a court docket limiting protest in some areas in Abuja.
He stated eight of the suspects had been arrested on Monday across the Transcorp space of Abuja, whereas 5 others had been arrested across the Ministry of Finance.
Based on him, they had been arrested as a result of they contravened the court docket order that restricted actions inside these areas regardless of a number of warnings.
He stated the suspects had been arraigned in court docket inside 24 hours.