Nigerian Activist Sowore Confronts Police During Arrest at Abuja Court
The video circulating online captures the moment Nigerian activist Sowore engaged in a confrontation with the police at the Federal High Court in Abuja during his arrest. Sowore, a human rights activist, demanded his lawyer's accompaniment during the arrest, questioning the lack of an official invitation.
The police eventually allowed his lawyer to accompany him. Sowore was reportedly at the court to meet with the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, whose arrest on the court premises had gone viral.
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