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Peter Obi reacts to arrest of Sowore by Nigeria Police

One of the presidential aspirants for the 2027 general elections, Peter Obi, has reacted to the arrest of former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore.
Sowore was arrested on Thursday after he voluntarily honoured an invitation at the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force, Abuja.
Obi, writing on X, Friday morning, called for the immediate release of the activist, wondering why the police would arrest a citizen who voluntarily honoured an invitation.
Obi, who said he was deeply disturbed by the action of the Nigerian law inforcement agencies, also pointed to the fact that the police had not made any clear or credible charges against Sowore public.
He said the police action had further cast a troubling shadow over the nature and motivation behind his detention.
“To detain a citizen who came of his own accord, without the public disclosure of clear, lawful charges, is not only a miscarriage of justice but an abuse of state power,” Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023 said.
The former Anambra State governor warned that anything short of releasing the activist would further weaken the public trust in the nation’s law enforcement institutions.
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