Nigerian candidate Omoyele Sowore injured in Ado Ekiti
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Omoyele Sowore, the Nigerian presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, was injured during an altercation at a restaurant in Ado Ekiti and hospitalised. Ekiti State police deny his abduction and say they took him to a police hospital, Punch reports.
Nigerian presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, of the African Action Congress (AAC), was injured on Friday 30 October during an altercation at a restaurant in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. The state police said he was receiving treatment at the city’s police hospital, Punch reports.
The state police spokesperson, Sunday Abutu, denied messages posted on Sowore’s X account, which claimed he had been abducted by armed men and that his whereabouts were unknown. According to Abutu, police were alerted to a dispute at the restaurant and officers intervened to rescue the candidate, who sustained a minor injury.
Ekiti State Police Commissioner Michael Falade ordered a discreet investigation to establish the circumstances of the altercation, identify those involved and determine whether charges should be brought.
