Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force have dispersed a former presidential aspirant and activist Omoyele Sowore and other individuals who were present at the Federal High Court to monitor the arraignment of the leader of the proscribed IPOB, NNAMDI KANU.
Newsmen report that Sowore who arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday morning was barred from accessing the court premises and was attacked by some hoodlums.
After which the Security operatives began to fire live ammunition into the air creating an environment of fear and disarray. Sowore has blamed the operatives of the Department of State Services for the attack on him.
Meanwhile, a High Court sitting in Abia State has ordered the Federal Government to pay the sum of one billion naira to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and issue a letter of apology to him.
In the ruling delivered on Wednesday, the Court stated that the Federal Government violated the IPOB leader’s fundamental rights.
The Court also recommended political solution to the agitation for the restoration of the defunct Biafra Republic championed by IPOB.
Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor made this known in a tweet, saying, “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wins as Abia High Court rules that the Federal Government violated his fundamental rights, orders the Federal government to pay one billion naira damages and issue a letter of apology to him.