{"id":60001,"date":"2025-01-27T10:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60001"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:22:07","slug":"tension-at-force-hq-as-sowore-faces-questioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/27\/tension-at-force-hq-as-sowore-faces-questioning\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension at Force HQ as Sowore Faces Questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jesusemen Oratokhai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Force Headquarters in Abuja was on high alert Monday as activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore appeared for questioning over allegations stemming from a viral video accusing Lagos checkpoint officers of extortion.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, Sowore is being investigated for resisting and obstructing public officers, disobedience to lawful orders, cyberstalking, and related offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The summons, issued by the Force Intelligence Department, directed Sowore to appear for an interview at its Abuja complex.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his appearance, the Take It Back Movement, linked to Sowore, circulated a flier online calling for a protest under the banner \u201cOccupy Force Headquarters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The flier, featuring images of Sowore and the Inspector General of Police, quickly gained traction on social media.<\/p>\n<p>By Monday morning, roads leading to the Force Headquarters were barricaded, with armed officers in anti-riot gear deployed to prevent potential disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>The increased security highlights the growing tension surrounding Sowore\u2019s case and ongoing debates about police accountability and citizens&#8217; rights to protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jesusemen Oratokhai The Force Headquarters in Abuja was on high alert Monday as activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore appeared for questioning over allegations stemming from a viral video accusing Lagos checkpoint officers of extortion. According to the police, Sowore is being investigated for resisting and obstructing public officers, disobedience to lawful orders, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":60002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60003,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60001\/revisions\/60003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}