Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- The Nigerian police have charged Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), with cybercrimes and are set to arraignment him on Wednesday.

They will arraign him on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where they filed the charges on Tuesday.

A copy of the indictment seen by PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday night contains 17 counts of cybercrime offences.

The charges centre around Mr Sowore's description of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun as an "illegal IGP" in a video clip Mr Sowore shared on social media.

Mr Egbetokun, who was expected to have exited service having attained the statutory retirement age of 60 years in September 2024,...