The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the release of activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore following mounting public outrage over his arrest.
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Sowore, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, accused the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the IGP of acting unlawfully, alleging that they “capitulated” to demands from the revolutionary movement pushing for his freedom.
“I have been released from unjust, unwarranted and unlawful detention,” he wrote.
Earlier, Abayomi Shogunle, commissioner of police in charge of the special intervention squad, explained that Sowore was arrested for allegedly refusing to make a statement during police interrogation.
Shogunle said two petitions were filed against him — one over the alleged forgery of a police document he published online, and the other over alleged cyberbullying.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had earlier joined calls for Sowore’s immediate and unconditional release. NLC president Joe Ajaero described Sowore as a “moral compass” whose treatment should be taken seriously, regardless of differing personal opinions about him.
