Former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been whisked away from the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja by armed policemen.

Sowore was arrested shortly after he made an appearance for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

The activist, who is a frontline agitator for Kanu’s release from detention, on Thursday, October 23, 2025, accosted by the security operatives, who insisted he must move with them to the Federal Capital Territory Police Command.

Asked what his offence was, one of the officers explained that they were executing an order from the Commissioner of Police.

Though he queried the absence of a letter of invitation to him, Sowore, who maintained that his lawyer must accompany him, was taken away in a police van.