Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday following a complaint by one Lekan Fatodu, who accused him of defamation of character, blackmail and threat to life.
Fatodu, the publisher of Check it Out magazine, announced the arrest on Twitter.
BREAKING! I just got Sowore Omoyele of Saharareporters arrested for criminal defamation and blackmail and threat to my life and career. pic.twitter.com/Ep16YtmdTJ
— Lekan Fatodu (@LekanFatodu) January 11, 2017
Sowore later confirmed the arrest in messages he posted on Facebook, saying he was taken first to the Area F Command in Ikeja and later to the office of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni.
“After the police “intervened” soon as I was attacked by Lekan Fatodu and his friends in Lagos we were taken to the CP’s office in Lagos,” Sowore wrote.
“Turns out he was in on this, he pulled out a supposed petition written by Lekan from his hat after that he became very hostile towards me and ordered that we be driven to State CID, at Panti in Lagos.
“It is very obvious that this was planned between Lekan Fatodu and the police. They offered him unbridled support as he continued attacking me in the presence of the police.
“I could have been I am familiar with this style of the Nigerian police.
“We are now being driven to Panti in Yaba area of Lagos”.
