Following a summons from the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Unit, human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Wednesday, 6 July, 2025 stormed the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters with a travel bag containing soap and other items, reports Business Today NG.
At about 12:16 p.m., Sowore arrived at the facility accompanied by his lawyers, A.K. Musa and Marshal Abubakar, along with a crowd of supporters chanting anti-government and anti-Kayode Egbetokun songs.
His packed travel bag contained personal essentials, including toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, clothing, books, and other items, a symbolic gesture suggesting he was prepared for possible detention.
Recall that the Nigeria police had in a letter dated Tuesday, 5 August , 2025 invited the activist and politician for questioning following a petition on alleged forgery and criminal defamation.
Recall too that Sowore on Tuesday5 August, 2025 vowed to honour the summons“with a full house”, calling on all “revolutionary comrades, citizens of conscience, voices of resistance” to join him.