‘Imprisonment Has Never Defeated a Just Cause’ — Sowore Reacts to Remand Order

Human rights activist and AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has declared that imprisonment will not stop his campaign for political change after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his remand in Kuje Correctional Centre.

Sowore made the remarks shortly after Justice M.G. Umar ordered that he be remanded over his absence from a previous court session in the ongoing case against him.

According to Sowore, he missed the hearing because he was consulting with his new legal team led by Olumide Fusika (SAN). He said his lawyer informed the court of the reason for his absence, but the judge proceeded to order his remand.

Reacting to the development, Sowore described the charges against him as “bogus” and insisted that he remains undeterred by the court’s decision.

“I need hardly say that I am the least bothered by this development. Imprisonment has never defeated a just cause, and it never will,” he said.

The activist also called on his supporters and Nigerians to remain steadfast in what he described as the struggle for a better country.

“I urge the Nigerian people and all our comrades to remain resolute, steadfast, and unyielding in the quest for a genuine revolution that will liberate our country from oppression, injustice, and misrule,” he added.

Sowore is being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) on charges of criminal defamation and alleged cybercrime linked to social media posts concerning President Bola Tinubu.

The case has continued to attract attention from political observers, activists, and civil society groups amid ongoing debates about free speech and political expression in Nigeria.