In a dramatic scene outside the Kuje Magistrate Court, activist Omoyele Sowore was said to have been re-arrested by police officers just moments after being granted bail.
Despite Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id approving bail for Sowore and 13 others, police allegedly attacked the activist as his legal team processed the paperwork.
Eyewitnesses report that the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), CSP Ilyasu Barau, led the operation, dragging Sowore on the ground, and forcing him into a waiting police van.
The arrest was met with resistance from Sowore, who questioned the officers’ actions.
When onlookers demanded to see a remand order authorizing the detention, the police reportedly refused to present any documentation.
Sources indicate that Sowore was taken to Kuje Prison, despite the court’s bail order, with police citing a “secret remand order.”
Sowore and the others were initially arrested during a recent #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja and arraigned on charges of unlawful assembly and disturbance of public peace.
Among those also granted bail were Aloy Ejimakor, the lawyer for IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, and Kanu’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
