Sowore Shares Courtroom Abduction Experience in Lagos

Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and the presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC), recounted his abduction from a courtroom, emphasizing the ongoing challenges he faces under Nigeria's democratic governance. Sowore is currently engaged in a legal case against the Nigerian Police, having filed a suit for damages amounting to 30 million naira, claiming that the police's actions were unlawful.

He highlighted that his experiences of arrest under military rule were fewer compared to his current situation under democracy. Sowore's counsel argued that no Nigerian criminal should be prohibited from protesting to hold the government accountable.

The case is set against the backdrop of a public declaration by Moshood Jimoh, a police spokesperson, asserting that Sowore failed to report to the state Criminal Investigation Department. Sowore seeks to enforce his fundamental rights to dignity, liberty, and freedom of peaceful assembly as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.