The Nigeria Police Force Spokesperson Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Benjamin Hundeyin, said Omoyele Sowore the publisher of SaharaReporters online who was arrested yesterday close to the premises of the Federal High Court Abuja with 12 others in custody.

He said that Sowore arrest followed statements made by 12 suspects who allegedly took part in

FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest,” around restricted areas by an order of Federal High Court in Abuja. He claimed that Sowore evaded arrest on Wednesday,

Hundeyin added that Sowore arrest was necessitate by the fact that each of the suspects’ in their statement claimed that Sowore gave them instructions to stage the demonstration in the restricted area.

According to him, ” Sowore has been arrested and he will be charged on Friday a long with other suspects who are now in custody ” for allegedly disobeying the order of the court.

Those arrested on Monday included Aloy Ejimakor a special counsel to IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu and his brother Prince Emmanuel Kanu. Others are Joshua Emmanuel, Bishop Wilson Anyalewechi, Okere Kingdom , Clinton Chimeneze, Gabriel Joshua, Isiaka Husseini, Onyekachi Ferdinand, Amadi Prince, Edison Ojisom, and Godwill Obiama