Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, his son Victor, and a police officer, Bukola Kuti, have obtained a court order, restraining activist Omoyele Sowore and his media organisation, Sahara Reporters, from publishing alleged defamatory statements against them.

The applicants, in three separate documents instituted by their lawyer Ayotunde Ogunleye, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, secured the interim orders in Abuja on Wednesday, according to court documents seen by PREMIUM TIMES.

In the documents, Mr Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, and his medium were mentioned as defendants.

The development follows a prolonged dispute between the police authorities and Mr Sowore over the legality of the p...