How Nigerian Police Connived With Kuje Magistrate To Bundle Sowore To Prison, Drove Judge Away To Prevent Him From Signing Bail Bond

The police officers indicted in the assault are those who handled the case including the lead counsel, Adama, CSP Ilyasu Barau and ACP Victor of the State CID in Abuja https://i.ibb.co/YFYJrWM6/Screenshot-2025-10-25-11-56-33-66-40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg when Sowore was brought to court, several policemen had been deployed from Abuja town to Kuje community with armoured tanks as efforts were made by the police to frisk and harass people entering the court. When the Magistrate arrived, he also met and greeted the police personnel before driving in. When he arrived in court, he immediately called the case and after seeing how the argument was going, he decided to grant bail, even though some of the conditions were awkward. as soon as the Magistrate left the courtroom, the police lawyers and CSP Barau went to meet him in the chambers, and prevented others from seeing him. The police began to act aggressively even to the point of confiscating the phones of Sowore's associates and supporters. "The police then chased the Magistrate away after threatening him that the IGP was personally interested in Sowore staying in prison for as long as possible. "They forced the magistrate to write and sign a remand warrant and them drove him from the premises even when Sowore's lawyer, Deji Adeyanju and other protesters had completely finished getting the bail conditions," a top source revealed.