{"id":198618,"date":"2026-04-08T19:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sowore-visits-detained-businessman-blords-city-boys-link"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:44:55","slug":"sowore-visits-detained-businessman-blords-city-boys-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/sowore-visits-detained-businessman-blords-city-boys-link","title":{"rendered":"Sowore Visits Detained Businessman Blord&#8217;s City Boys Link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Human Rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has visited detained Awka businessman, Linus Williams, also known as Blord.<\/p>\n<p>Blord had been sent to Kuje Correctional Centre last week for 26 days, after a matter between he and social media activist, Martin Vincent Otse popularly known as Very Dark Man was adjourned.<\/p>\n<p>Sowore who had condemned the detention of Blord had advised Otse\u2019s counsel, Marshal Abubakar to discontinue the matter. He also promised to ensure Blord was immediately released, describing his detention as oppression.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit on Wednesday, Sowore said the businessman was in high spirits and remained unbroken. He, however, hinted that Blord\u2019s refusal to join President Bola Tinubu\u2019s political support group, City Boy Movement, was at the foundation of his detention.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe met Blord today and we were surprised that the young man is in high spirit. We went to see him, feeling bad for him because of what he was passing through, but we were surprised to see him in high spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe visited the correctional centre which is a huge community of oppressed people, and our aim is to ensure that no one is oppressed or detained unjustly in Nigeria, at least during our lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe however found that at there is a political undertone to his detention. He had refused to join some other young Igbo businessmen who call themselves City Boys to support Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe made a video saying he would never join city boys, and that it was village people that were pursuing them to join the City Boy Movement and they did not take it in good fate and they went after him. All of these would be resolved very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The activist who also spoke about the protest by leaders of the African Democratic Congress, ADC in Abuja to the headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it was unfortunate that past leaders were now reinventing themselves as activists, while also insisting that activists don\u2019t make good leaders.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cOne thing I can only advise them to do is not to protest when matters concern them alone, they should also protest when it concerns Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce elections are over next year, Atiku (Abubakar) will return to Dubai where he lives permanently, but for us, we are here. I have even protested on their behalf before. I protest everyday, whether there is election or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Human Rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has visited detained Awka businessman, Linus Williams, also known as Blord. Blord had been sent to Kuje Correctional Centre last week for 26 days, after a matter between he and social media activist, Martin Vincent Otse popularly known as Very Dark Man was adjourned. 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