Recently arrested Sahara Reporter who was released on the same day of his arrest Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore gives own account;
I am now safely out of the labyrinth of a police conspiracy centred around one Lekan Fatodu whom, in January 2016, we reported on SaharaReporters had been involved in laundering money for Femi Fani-Kayode.
On Wednesday, Lekan and a friend of his referred to as “Ándre” waylaid me at GRA Ikeja and tried to kill me. The attempt was resisted by the public, following which he showed up later with a police van from Area "F" police with a plain cloth police team. As it turned out, Commissioner of the Lagos State Police Command, Fatai Owoseni was part of the conspiracy, as he pulled out a petition alleging "criminal defamation" against me, got upset when I questioned his position and impartiality, and threatened to deal with me.
Even in the days of General Abacha, I did not experience that brazen partiality.
My
attack by Fatodu was organized with the police, but as they were unable
to arrest me directly, he was given the cover to carry out an attack
that would give the police their needed tonic to take vengeance on me.
The situation wasn't better when I was hurled before Lagos CP, Mr.
Owoseni and later, Frank Mba, who started a winding story claiming it
was a messy case.
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