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Police Declares Sowore Wanted For Organising Protest In Lagos
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Police Declares Sowore Wanted For Organising Protest In Lagos
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#Breaking News #Lagos #Oworonshoki #Police #Sowore ©November 3rd, 2025 ®November 3, 2025 4:52 pm Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has declared the founder and publisher of SaharaReporters news media, Omoyele Sowore wanted for organising protest in Lagos State, which, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh said Sowore has allegedly committed the offence of breach of public peace, and the police commissioner thereafter confirmed the arrest of 13 persons he described as vagabonds-and-miscreants as group of people came out on Monday morning to protest against the demolition of their settlements after their houses at the Coker and Ojulari areas of Oworonshoki community in Kosofe local government area of Lagos State were brought down at midnight on Saturday, hours after the state government announced that it had compensated about 80 property owners on Friday, forcing some concerned citizens to condemn the government for displacing families without a clear plan for relocation and reintegration into the housing system, this, Omoyele Sowore in an on the spot video statement made on Monday at the scene of the protest, said, he could not come down from the vehicle because he had a privileged information that there was plans to kill him if he comes out openly during the protest, according to Sowore, the action of the police explained why President Donald Trump of the United States, US is considering military action in Nigeria because the US President has seen weak leadership and leaders do not mean well for the people.
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Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has declared the founder and publisher of Sahara
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Reporter's news media, Omiele Saware wanted for organising protest in Lagos State, which,
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the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mishu Jimo said Saware has allegedly committed the
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offence of breach of public peace, and the police commissioner thereafter confirmed the arrest of
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13 persons he described as vagabonds and miscreants as group of people came out on Monday morning to
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protest against the demolition of their settlements after their houses at the Koka and Odulari areas
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of Awaranshaki community in Kasofay local government area of Lagos State were brought down at midnight
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on Saturday, hours after the state government announced that it had compensated about 80
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property owners on Friday, forcing some concerned citizens to condemn the government for displacing
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families without a clear plan for relocation and reintegration into the housing system,
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this, Omiele Saware in an on-the-spot video statement made on Monday at the scene of the
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protest, said, he could not come down from the vehicle because he had a privileged information
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that there was plans to kill him if he comes out openly during the protest, according to Saware,
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the action of the police explained why President Donald Trump of the United States, US is considering
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military action in Nigeria because the US president has seen weak leadership and leaders do not mean
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well for the people. According to the Lagos State Police Commissioner, I hereby as the Commissioner
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of Police, Lagos State Police Command, declare Saware wanted. I declare him wanted for causing disturbance
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of public peace and an act to commit a felony by planning and putting all the plans in motion
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to block the third mainland bridge to cause hardship for Lagosians and other Nigerians, more especially visitors,
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who are transients through this end. We will not allow that. We are closing in on him. Anywhere he is,
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he should know that we are closing in on him. We learned that he was in a bus and being videoed.
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Why didn't he come down? He came down in Abuja. He should come down, wherever he is. He should report
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himself to the nearest police station. We are going to arrest him, investigate him and prosecute him.
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The Commissioner of Police said massive deployment of police personnel had been made, not just to the
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third mainland bridge but also to other parts of the state, where coordinated protests are likely to
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hold. The police boss stressed that, this location is vital to the city's economy and the well-being
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of commuters. We will not allow any action, peaceful or otherwise, that seeks to block the bridge and
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disrupt livelihoods. Any attempt to obstruct the third mainland bridge is a direct threat to public
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safety and national infrastructure. Anyone attempting to disturb public peace will be arrested, investigated
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and prosecuted. Lagos is the heartbeat of Nigeria's economy, and we cannot afford chaos here. We have
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arrested 13 suspects, who are vagabonds and miscreants who wanted to cause mayhem in Lagos state.
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Sawari in a statement with a video attachment, said, I recorded this video at the scene of the attack on
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peaceful protesters by Nigeria police force in Lagos during today's Awaransaki anti-demolition protest,
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which they handled in the usual despicable and unconscionable manner. The Lagos police commissioner,
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Monsieur Jimo, has reportedly declared me, wanted, for, disturbance of public peace,
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allegedly as a result of his office's inability to execute a, shoot on sight, order given by his
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illegal IGP, Kayode Egbetokan in Awaransaki today. Despite my repeated attempts to contact Nigeria
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police force commissioner, Jimo, he has not taken my calls, nevertheless, I plan to meet with him.
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Soon to address his declaration. Revolution now.
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You should report at the DRN police station. I hereby, as the commissioner of police,
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Lagos state police command, declare Souré wanted, I declare wanted for the act of causing disturbance
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of public peace, and an act to commit serious felony, by planning, and putting all the planning
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in motion to obstruct traffic on the terminal to cause ashes for Lagosians and other Nigerians
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and emotionally visitors who are transitioning through this end. We will not allow this to happen.
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These are the equipment, and we ensure that we are closing in on him. Anywhere he is, he should be aware
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that we are closing in on him. Mulan is doing video, and he couldn't calm down. Let him calm down.
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He came down in Abuja. Why is he afraid to come down in Lagos? He should calm down.
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He's going down. Whatever he is, he should report in terms of the nearest police station. Because
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I'm going to arrest him, and investigate him, and prosecute him. Thank you.
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We have made 13 arrests of this miscrant and good law. Because there's no any reason why
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this protest must take this. The people who are concerned, who are residents of Uwurukusoki,
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have been paid compensation by government, for those who deserve, who are entitled rather,
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to the compensation of the law. And the people have remained in peace, and they've been giving
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the peace in the community. But he's coming to Lagos, so he's against crisis, so he's against
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violence will not be tolerated. And I want all Lagosians to seek go about their local businesses
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with any fear or danger. Let him calm down. Let him put his leg on ground. He's driving
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in a vehicle, and he's making videos that police have covered everywhere, and he can't calm down.
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In the same way police cover everywhere that he came down in Abuja, let him come down here,
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and he will see the wrath of the law that will equally be enforced on him.
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Coming from Uwurukusoki, in Lagos, where no Uwurukus are there, and the police are already
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attacking. By the time we got there, the police had attacked peaceful protesters who had demolished
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their houses in the Uwurukusoki area of Lagos. And I think they had intelligence that I was
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approaching the police, as you see captured, they were just tear gassing them, and they
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brought in more enforcement. All of them were carrying later weapons. This is what we're
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talking about, about Nigeria at this time. The police that ought to be protecting the citizens
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of Nigeria are busy chasing after and attacking innocent civilians. People who they don't build
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houses for, people who they do nothing for, they are attacking them. And this is what we
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just watched live on my timeline now. So we couldn't enter the community. The whole place is barricaded.
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These are some demolitions that they've carried out, and they relate to homes of poor people.
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This is where the poor people have managed to run after the rich people drove them away from
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Bakoko and other places. We were told that the IGP, the illegal IGP actually impaired in the police
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team to the people who could shoot and kill me if I showed up. But I still went there regardless. This is
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intelligence I had. So right now we'll be monitoring events as they're happening, and time
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permitting will return back to that community. We must fight for these people, and ensure that they
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get what is theirs back. We cannot leave this country in the hands of criminals to keep exploiting
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the poor. That is what got us into where we are today. That is what led to what America decided
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could be their intervention, because they've seen weak and terrible leadership in Nigeria. They know that
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these guys don't mean well for Nigerians, but that doesn't mean that America mean well for
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Nigerians. They're just taking advantage of the weakness in the leaders. Some of them have
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