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I came across the thread "Masked DSS Operatives Drag Sowore To Kuje Prison (Video)"....

It is pathetic watching the barbaric way lawless security agents forcefully dragged Sowore out of court. It is indeed a big shame what the zoo called Nigeria has become now....... If people do not rise up to demand justice for Sowore then it would be the highest betrayal as Sowore has sacrificed so much in the fight to rescue Nigerians from bad leaders. I've no doubt that Sowore won't get justice in the kangaroo court...... Zoo Nigeria is finished as a country, any sane sensible person should be demanding for a referendum towards total dissolution or total power devolution if the shameful country must continue to exist.

Just like Nnamdi Kanu and other freedom fighters unjustly incarcerated, Nigeria has failed Sowore.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueznBBkVHCA

congratulations 👏 🎉 to him
he belong to zoo

You should be ashamed of yourself....

muyico:
congratulations 👏 🎉 to him
he belong to zoo

truthera:
You should be ashamed of yourself....

u are calling Nigeria a zoo n no time now u will come out to tell us to vote your agulu packaged fraud right?

Since u are humans n u see others as animals, y do u want to rule them?

Perhaps like you he thought Nigeria was a lawless zoo, so its okay for him to behave like an animal and not turn up in court while on bail.

Now his in a cage he'd have sufficient time to evaluate.

Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), arrived at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday for his trial after a bench warrant for his arrest.

Justice Mohammed Umar revoked a bail granted to Mr Sowore on June 16 following his failure to appear in court for his trial.

Mr Umar, in a ruling on an oral application made by the lawyer to the State Security Service, Akinkolu Kehinde, also issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

The SSS is prosecuting Mr Sowore for allegedly making false claims against President Bola Tinubu by referring to him as “a criminal” in a post he made on X and Facebook.

https://gazettengr.com/sowore-arrives-in-court-after-judge-ordered-his-arrest/

Sowore's arrest was based on judicial rascality, injustice and illegality but I guess you didn't know this... Read the excerpt below.....

On June 15, 2026, Omoyele Sowore appeared at the Federal High Court in Abuja before Justice Mohammed Umar for a ruling on his motion for the judge’s recusal, but the learned justice was not on seat. Sowore then informed the registrar of his scheduled travel to Lagos later that day and thereupon submitted a formal letter requesting fresh dates in July (specifically July 2nd, 3rd, 14th, 15th, 17th, etc).

Despite this, the court arbitrarily listed the matter for the very next day, June 16. Sowore, already in Lagos, could not attend, whereupon the Judge summarily revoked his bail and issued a bench warrant against him.

This sequence raises profound concerns about procedural fairness. It exemplifies how judicial discretion, when exercised without due regard for constitutional safeguards and equity, can undermine the rule of law. The Nigerian Constitution is unequivocal on fair hearing. Courts must afford parties an opportunity to adduce explanations for absence, before imposing sanctions like bail revocation or bench warrant.

Keep in mind that the causal chain in this saga started with the Judge’s absence in a hearing the Judge himself scheduled for June 15, and at which Sowore was dutifully present. Despite this glaring fact that the Judge himself was the first to default, his Lordship added insult to injury by totally discountenancing Sowore’s letter that clearly justified his absence from court the next day on June 16.

Issuing a bench warrant or revocation of bail is not automatic by the mere dint of a defendant’s failure to appear; it demands satisfaction that the defendant’s non-appearance was unjustified and that proper notice was given. In this very case, the notice of the next-day hearing was not even properly communicated other than by a vague text message sent to Sowore late on June 15.

In FRN v. Maishanu & Ors (2019), the Supreme Court addressed bail revocation, stressing that such actions must follow a community reading of relevant procedural provisions and occur only upon a clear breach. The Court underscored that this power be exercised with circumspection, as bail protects the presumption of innocence. Thus, revocation should only be a measured response to wilful evasion, not an absence formally notified to the court in writing beforehand.

To be sure, Sowore did not evade; he appeared on the scheduled date, documented his constraints, and proposed alternative dates. The Judge’s awareness of his letter made the next-day listing appear calculated to engineer non-appearance. This offends the principle that justice must not only be done but must manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.

Bail is a constitutional safeguard for personal liberty pending trial. Revoking it summarily, especially in a politically charged case involving a vocal critic, risks perceptions of selective justice. Nigerian courts have repeatedly warned against using criminal processes to harass opponents. Sowore’s history of activism and prior encounters with the justice system does not justify bending rules; it demands stricter adherence to fairness to preserve public confidence in the judiciary.

The court could have adjourned, considered the letter formally and judiciously, or issued a proper hearing notice within the staggered dates suggested by Sowore. Instead, it opted for summary revocation and warrant - actions that portend severe implications for Sowore’s liberty, safety, and political activities as a presidential candidate.

Therefore, Justice Umar is hereby respectfully requested to - on his Lordship’s own motion - reconsider and vacate the bench warrant, restore Sowore’s bail, and ensure the recusal motion and trial proceed with scrupulous fairness. Anything less mocks the ideals of fair hearing and equal justice under the law.

By ALOY EJIMAKOR

budaatum:
Perhaps like you he thought Nigeria was a lawless zoo, so its okay for him to behave like an animal and not turn up in court while on bail.

Now his in a cage he'd have sufficient time to evaluate.

Counterigbolies:
u are calling Nigeria a zoo n no time now u will come out to tell us to vote your agulu packaged fraud right?

Since u are humans n u see others as animals, y do u want to rule them?

truthera:
Sowore's arrest was based on judicial rascality, injustice and illegality but I guess you didn't know this... Read the excerpt below.....

Sowore should have been smart and not fallen into their trap.

truthera:
You should be ashamed of yourself....

as monkey dey jump bails?
One day monkey 🐒🐵 go go market,
He no go return again