Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- In what appears alien to Nigeria's recent history, the country on Friday witnessed an invasion of the Federal High Court in Abuja by officials of the State Security Service (SSS), in a bid to rearrest Omoyele Sowore.

This action contravenes section 43 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, which forbids effecting arrest in a courtroom, said legal practitioner, Inibehe Effiong.

"A warrant of arrest may be executed by any police officer at any time and in any place in any state other than the actual courtroom in which a court is sitting," paragraph 2 of the section states.

Mr Sowore, whom Amnesty International described as a "prisoner of conscience", was in SSS custody for 125 days, against two court ord...