Police Arraigns Sowore on cybercrime charges

Ogunsakin Mustapha
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Omoyele Sowore

Omoyele Sowore, the Convener of the #RevolutionNow Protest, was arraigned on Wednesday at a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged cybercrime offenses. He appeared before Justice Musa Liman and pleaded not guilty to a 16-count amended charge brought against him by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.

According to the charges, Sowore allegedly made several defamatory statements about the Inspector-General on social media. The police claimed that on December 20, 2024, he referred to Egbetokun as “the illegal IG of Nigeria Police Force” on his X handle. He was also accused of posting a picture of Egbetokun with the caption: “Mediocrity, incompetence, corruption, a country run by characterless people cannot make progress” and stating that “IGP Kayode Egbetokun will destroy the Nigeria police if we don’t act now.”

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Sowore had previously honored a police invitation and was questioned at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, where he was granted administrative bail but refused the conditions and remained in custody.

Sowore’s lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, moved for bail following his client’s not-guilty plea, but this was opposed by the Inspector-General’s counsel, M.U. Jonathan. Justice Liman deferred the ruling on the bail application until 3 p.m.

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Prominent figures, including the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Afam Osigwe, and former Senator Shehu Sani, were present at the court proceedings.

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