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Sowore also described the IGP as “illegal” following multiple controversies surrounding his appointment, adding that the charges against him are part of a grand attempt to silence him.
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has called on members of the public to witness proceedings at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, where the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has filed charges against him.
The case, scheduled for 8 a.m. before Justice Emeka Nwite in Court 8, revolves around allegations that Sowore forged a police wireless message — CB:0900/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.177/174 DTO:301605/07/2025 — purportedly issued by the IGP’s Secretariat on July 30, 2025, and circulated it widely on social media “with intent to tarnish the image of the Nigeria Police Force.”
In a statement on Tuesday, Sowore described the charges as a “charade,” insisting that the IGP had “hit the brick wall” with what he called trumped-up allegations.
Sowore also described the IGP as “illegal” following multiple controversies surrounding his appointment, adding that the charges against him are part of a grand attempt to silence him.
“Tomorrow, we are before Justice Emeka Nwite as the Illegal IGP hits the brick wall.
“These are his charges, his “evidence” and witnesses.
“The public is invited to Court 8 at the Federal Court in Abuja to witness this charade. Time: 8AM,” Sowore said.
In another post, Sowore said, “The illegal IGP has picked up on the same failed strategy by the now disgraced and extinct Muhammadu Buhari @mbuhari regime because I said I don’t want any private meetings with him, Kayode Egbetokun.
“I am not interested in meetings with crooks and criminals. I can’t be an accessory to their crimes against the Nigerian people, and they won’t learn until this regime, the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, @officialABAT is finally disgraced, too!”
Earlier, SaharaReporters reported that a Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered six banks to provide the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun with comprehensive account documents and transaction records linked to Sowore from January 2024 to the present.
The transaction is to cover inflows and outflows, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
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Justice Emeka Nwite issued the directive following an ex-parte motion filed by the IGP’s lawyer, Wisdom Madaki.
In the motion, the IGP stated that Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, is under investigation for alleged terrorism financing, money laundering, and other fraudulent activities.
Justice Nwite ruled that the application was meritorious, granting the police access to the requested financial information.
“I have listened to the submission of the counsel to the applicant, and I have also gone through the affidavit evidence,” the judge said.
“I’m of the view and so hold that the application is meritorious. The prayer is hereby granted as prayed.”
NAN reports that in the ex-parte motion marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1757/2025, the IGP named Sowore and Sahara Reporters Media Foundation as the first and second defendants, respectively.
The motion also included United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Opay Digital Services Ltd, Moniepoint, and Kuda Microfinance Bank Ltd as the third to eighth defendants.
Egbetokun sought “an order directing the following banks; UBA Plc, GTB plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Opay Digital Services Limited, Moniepoint and Kuda Microfinance Bank Limited to furnished the applicant through the office of the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Unit account opening package/mandate card, certified true copy of the statement of account reflecting transfers with account numbers of both inflows and outflows from January, 2024 till date.”
The IGP, citing five grounds in his motion, stated that Sowore is under investigation for “terrorism financing, money laundering, and other fraudulent activities.”
He added that the complainant had already commenced inquiries into the activities of the first respondent.
“That the accounts seeking to obtain the statement of accounts are the accounts which the 1st respondent is using for terrorism financing and money laundering,” the IGP said.
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