BREAKING: Sowore Reacts As High Court In Abuja Sends Him To Kuje Prison For Failure To Appear In Court

Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to an order by Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja remanding him in Kuje Correctional Centre over his absence from court proceedings in an ongoing case against him.

Sowore disclosed the development in a statement posted on his social media handle, describing the charges against him as “bogus” and insisting that his absence from court was due to consultations with his newly assembled legal team.

According to him, his new lead counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Olumide-Fusika, informed the court that he was absent because he was meeting with his legal representatives to prepare his defence.

“Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that I be remanded in Kuje Prison for my one absence from court since the bogus case began, even though I was away consulting with my new legal team led by Olumide-Fusika, SAN,” Sowore wrote.

He added that despite the explanation provided by his counsel, the judge proceeded to order his remand.

“Mr. Olumide-Fusika duly informed the court that my absence was solely for consultations with him, yet the judge proceeded to order my remand regardless,” he stated.

The former presidential candidate, however, maintained that he was unperturbed by the court’s decision, saying imprisonment would not deter him from pursuing his political and activist causes.

“I need hardly say that I am the least bothered by this development. Imprisonment has never defeated a just cause, and it never will,” Sowore said.

He urged his supporters and Nigerians to remain committed to what he described as the struggle against oppression, injustice and poor governance.

“I urge the Nigerian people and all our comrades to remain resolute, steadfast, and unyielding in the quest for a genuine revolution that will liberate our country from oppression, injustice, and misrule. The struggle continues. Victory is certain,” he added.