Omoyele Sowore, an activist, and National Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC) says he admitted to “a crime of being a Nigerian” while being interrogated by a team of police at a detention centre in Abuja commonly known as ‘Abattoir’.
Recall POLITICS NIGERIA had reported on Thursday that Sowore was arrested over a petition by a billionaire politician, Ned Nwoko.
He was arrested by a team of policemen after stepping out of the premises of the Appeal Court, Abuja, where the AAC leaders and members had converged for the party’s case against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Nwoko, who was a former member of the House of Representatives, had in the petition accused the activist of releasing to the public, a libellous publication on his news platform.
He claimed that Sowore made several defamatory statements on his news outfit and social media handles in a bid to cause serious damages to his business and political career.
Taking to his verified Facebook page shortly after his release, Sowore said: “When I was brought before a team of Police interrogators today, I admitted to a CRIME and I am ashamed to say this: It is a CRIME to be a Nigerian!”
Sowore has always run into trouble with many politicians like himself. At a time, he called for a revolution against the government in power, which made him to be detained in the facilities of the Department of State Services (DSS). Subsequently, he was set free and restrained to Abuja.
