UPDATED: Sahara Reporters founder released from police custody
Reports filtering in, suggest that the Founder of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been released from police custody.
The publisher himself took to Facebook to share the testimony of his release from police net.
BREAKING: Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, poses with friends after being released from police custody
According to earlier reports, the publisher was arrested by men of the Lagos state police command over a death threat issued to Checkout International Magazine’s publisher, Lekan Fatodu.
BREAKING: Sahara Reporters Publisher released from police custody
Sowore was arrested at his house in Lagos and moved to area F at Ikeja on Wednesday after Fatodu, lodged complaint to police.
The police stormed Sowore's house for his immediate arrest, following a tip off that he was in the state.
In his defense, Sowore told Premium Times that he was attacked by Lekan Fatodu, publisher of UK-based CheckOut magazine over a story Sahara Reporters published about him last year.