Police reportedly break Sowore’s right hand in detention

A Nigeria Police team has reportedly broken the hand of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress during the 2023 general election.

The incident reportedly happened on Thursday morning at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.

A trending post shared on Sowore’s official Instagram page, revealed that the team headed by a CSP from Inspector General of Police, IGP Monitoring Unit, forcibly entered his detention cell and later

took him away to an undisclosed location.

At about 6AM, a police team, headed by a CSP from the IGP Monitoring Unit, forcibly entered Omoyele Sowore’s detention cell at the FID in Abuja, broke his right hand, and transported him to an undisclosed location.”

SOCIETY WATCH reports that Sowore was detained on Wednesday after he honored an invite from the IGP Monitoring Unit.