Sowore Is Suing The Police For Arresting And Torturing Him – Femi Falana

Posted by: Folamidavid in News, Politics Jan 2, 2021

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has come out to say that Omoyele Sowore has asked him to sue the Nigerian Police for torturing and violating his fundamental human right.

Falana recently revealed this via a text message to the media, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, because Mr. Sowore’s fundamental right to dignity has been recklessly violated by the police, charges have to be made against all the officers who subjected him to physical and mental torture.

He added that the physical torture to Mr. Sowore was prolonged by the refusal of the police to provide him with medical attention, and judgement must prevail for his client.

His words, “Since Mr. Sowore’s fundamental right to dignity has been recklessly violated by the police we have his instructions to press for charges against all the officers who subjected him to physical and mental torture in contravention of the letter and spirit of the provisions of the Anti Torture Act of 2017.”

“Mr. Sowore who was covering an event at the time of his arrest has maintained that he did not breach any of the COVID-19 regulations. He has been detained indefinitely on the basis of orders “from above.

“The police officers who arrested Mr. Omoyele Sowore at Abuja on January 31, 2020, subjected him to severe beating and left him with bruises all over his body. As if that was not enough he has been locked up in the midst of armed robbery suspects at a notorious detention facility called abattoir maintained by the disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad in Abuja.

“The physical torture to Mr. Sowore was prolonged by the refusal of the police to provide him with medical attention. Although Mr. Sowore’s injuries are being treated by his personal physician, the police authorities have refused the application of the detainee for bail even though the alleged offence of breaching COVID-19 regulations is ‘bailable’.”