Rights activist and former Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore was on Monday quizzed at the Force Intelligence Bureau in Abuja over his recent viral extortion video involving some police officers.
Sowore had been summoned for questioning after posting a viral video in which he accused police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos of extortion.
In the video, Sowore had an altercation with some of the police officers who flagged down a car conveying him to the airport in Lagos and asked the driver to park.
According to an invitation letter dated January 23 from the FCID, Sowore is under investigation for several offences, including resisting and obstructing public officers, disobedience to lawful orders, and cyberstalking.
The letter, signed by a senior police officer, directed Sowore to report for an interview with the Deputy Inspector General of Police at the Force Intelligence Department (FID) Complex in Abuja.
Sowore arrived at the Force Intelligence Bureau with his lawyers and a few supporters who sang solidarity songs.
Monday’s visit was not Sowore’s first encounter with the police and other security agencies.
In September 2024, the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) was “briefly detained” at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos for his alleged connection with the #EndBadGovernance protests that rocked the country in August.
In February 2024, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja struck out charges of treasonable felony brought against the convener of the #RevolutionNow protest by the Federal Government after the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, filed a notice of discontinuance before the court.
