Sowore In Abuja High Court For Cybercrime Trial Instituted By Senator Ned Nwoko

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May 2, 2024
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SaharaReporters had reported that Sowore returned to Nigeria about one and a half months after he went to the United States to unite with his family.

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Thursday morning arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja for a Cybercrime trial instituted against him by the Nigeria Police Force on behalf of Senator Ned Nwoko.

 

SaharaReporters had reported that Sowore returned to Nigeria about one and a half months after he went to the United States to unite with his family.

 

Sowore returned to Nigeria on a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, and was welcomed by a throng of supporters, activists and party members at Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos.

 

The #RevolutionNow convener had travelled to the US but promised to return to Nigeria, saying he was "bound to return to Nigeria not only to continue my struggle for the total liberation of our people but also to face the myriad of bogus criminal and civil cases thrown at me since my detention began."

 

Upon his return, Sowore said, “I traveled to Abuja to face fresh police charges of cybercrime,” he said.

 

“The case was instituted by the Nigeria Police Force of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) accusing me of cyberbullying a Nigerian Senator Ned Nwoko.”

 

Addressing his supporters who welcomed him, Sowore said, “When I left about a month and a half ago, I made it very clear that I would be back but before I left about a month and a half ago, in 2019 when we were starting out the RevolutionNow movement, we told them that it may take time but we would defeat them even in their own courtroom.

 

“So, by about a month and a half ago, we defeated four judges. My case went through four judges in over five years.

 

“We said it that we would be back and I’m back today and I’m glad to be back with all of you. I have another trial in Abuja.”

 

The activist said all the corrupt people in Nigeria would be put on “trial one by one”.

 

On Thursday morning, Sowore wrote on his X account, “I arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja today for a Cybercrime trial instituted against me by @PoliceNG on behalf of a so-called Nigerian billionaire and Senator @Prince_NedNwoko.

 

“The struggle for the total liberation of the country and its beleaguered people continues!”