Fresh update emerge from Kuje Prison after sowore’s clinic treatment
Fresh update emerge from Kuje Prison after sowore’s clinic treatment
I returned from Kuje prison just now, and Omoyele Sowore was fine after being treated yesterday at the clinic there and given anti-tetanus pills for the wounds he sustained from the police attack yesterday within the precincts of the court.
I resumed to the Channels TV Abuja after leaving Kuje prison and addressed the police misinformation churned out by the police authorities through the Force PR, CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN to justify the police misbehaviour that took place yesterday.
The position is very clear and simple: Omoyele Sowore stood before the court, was given bail, met the bail conditions, and the magistrate who granted bail was yet to sign, it was still around 11 a.m. Yet, the police, who had laid siege on the court since early morning, stormed the court premises to abduct Omoyele Sowore again, for the second time. The first was on Thursday in front of the Federal High Court. This raises concerns: are the people safe again in this country, even around the court?
After raising public awareness and realizing they had made an error, trusting that Nigerians would call for account, they diverted and headed to Kuje. On getting to Kuje, before later taking him in, the prison authorities first rejected Sowore on the ground that there was not proper documentation and they had to reverse to hunt for justification. Its a pattern, power acts first before thinking and before it finds reason to back its action.
The legal procedure remains that the moment a court grants bail and issues its directives, and perfection is in progress, the police must step back and the court directs the process.
From that moment, custodial power shifts fully to the Court and the Correctional Service, not the whims of the IPO or the Police authorities.
What did the police do instead? They ambushed the court. They stormed the court and hijacked the process.
For the Police PRO to attempt to justify the lawless behaviour of their men is most irresponsible. To say it was not re-arrest, but submitting him to the custodial authorities is a sheer show of ignorance or mischief.
What the police did yesterday was not enforcing the law, but assaulting it.
If all police officers wont study our laws for guidance, the Police PRO must as a matter of urgency read our constitution, particularly Chapter IV, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act and Nigerian Correctional Service Act 2019, for guidance, before making any further public statement. In any constitutional democracy, the police cannot take a citizen from the hands of the court. That is contempt. That is anarchy in uniform.
The matter here is not just about Sowore. Its about the potency of our law. It is about, whether the court’s process or its orders still have any meaning to the police in this country.
But we refuse to bow!
Tope Temokun
Writing from Abuja
This October 25, 2025.
