BREAKING: Police Slam Charges Against Sowore, Court Date Fixed
Oladipo Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, is expected to be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, August 14, 2025. The charges and details of the case are unclear. Sowore has a pending case with the police, which led to the seizure of his passport. In January 2025, he was charged with 17 counts of cybercrime offenses for labeling Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun as "illegal" and calling for mass resistance against the "constitutional vandalism" of Egbetokun's tenure extension. Sowore described the extension as a blatant abuse of power and has been critical of the police and
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