BREAKING: IGP Egbetokun Throws Federal High Court Into Confusion As Two Vacation Judges Hear Separate Cases Against Sowore Simultaneously

The Nigeria Police Power engaged in a determined are trying to confuse the 2 judges of the Federal High Court in Abuja by filing processes sooner than each Justice S.M. Liman and Justice Emeka Nwite, leading to overlapping hearings on masses of matters towards Sowore.

The Federal High Court in Abuja became thrown into confusion on Monday after two fling back and forth judges simultaneously entertained separate motions animated human rights activist and SaharaReporters author, Omoyele Sowore.

The Nigeria Police Power engaged in a determined are trying to confuse the 2 judges of the Federal High Court in Abuja by filing processes sooner than each Justice S.M. Liman and Justice Emeka Nwite, leading to overlapping hearings on masses of matters towards Sowore.

The 2 fling back and forth judges of the Federal High Court heard separate motions towards Sowore simultaneously.

Sowore regarded sooner than Justice Liman in Court 3 in connection with his utility in quest of the free up of his passport. Nonetheless, police attorneys had been absent within the course of the complaints.

Justice Liman, while refusing to hear the utility, described it as insufficiently weighty to warrant decision within the course of the fling back and forth length.

The ponder further expressed displeasure over media experiences suggesting he had beforehand refrained from listening to Sowore’s utility, citing engagements in Lagos and Bauchi. In an uncommon transfer, Justice Liman also barred Sowore from coming into the dock, insisting the matter became ex parte and did now not require the applicant’s physical presence.

He therefore adjourned the case until September 4, directing Sowore’s attorneys to file a contemporary movement.

“Justice Liman in his standard manner refused to hear Sowore’s utility, claiming it became no longer heavy enough to warrant a fling back and forth listening to, he went on a rant veilingly regarding media experiences that he had dodged from listening to the utility on two separate occasions while giving excuses of a convention to Lagos and one other one who he returned to Bauchi to hear,” a supply talked about.

“No longer just like the note. The ponder also did now not enable Sowore to enter the dock, pointing out that it became an ex parte movement; therefore, there became no need for the accused particular person to enter the dock.

“He then ended his rant by pointing out that, care for every little thing, the matter has a starting and may per chance well per chance sometime discontinue in a technique sooner than asking the attorneys to file a contemporary movement after which adjourn the case.”

In a separate court, Justice Nwite granted an ex parte utility by the police in quest of substituted service of a criminal summons towards SaharaReporters.

The ponder clarified that he most efficient well-liked service of the summons by procedure of newspaper publication, no longer the substantive trial itself.

The simultaneous complaints—one in quest of Sowore’s passport free up and the masses of animated substituted service of summons towards his media platform—delight in fuelled considerations among observers concerning the police’s handling of the cases and the uncommon stress positioned on two fling back and forth judges of the Federal High Court.

Cybercrime and Passport Saga

In the court of Justice Liman, Sowore, a frail presidential candidate, is dealing with cybercrime costs introduced by the Inspector Regular of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.

The costs stem from Sowore’s public reference to the police chief as an “Unlawful IGP,” a relate that led to his detention at the Intelligence Response Crew (IRT) office in Abuja.

Sowore became granted bail to the tune of ₦10 million, with strict conditions in conjunction with the renounce of his passport. But when he later requested non permanent free up of the passport to walk out of the nation for clinical causes and to consult with his family, Justice Liman denied the utility.

Justice Nwite’s Court

In August 2025, the Power filed contemporary costs towards Sowore, this time centering on alleged defamation and incitement of police mutiny.

It stems from how he and SaharaReporters exposed the police promotion scandal, which adopted a relate organised alongside retired police officers to keep a matter to reforms to the pension gadget and the removal of the police from the Contributory Pension Plot.