The NBA president, Olumide Akpata, described the illegal raid of Justice Odili’s residence as an orchestrated affront to intimidate the Judiciary.
The London publication also said Nigeria police has become demoralised due to poor training and endemic corruption.
The Biafra separatist leader will remain in custody until the next hearing date.
The SSS agents said Mr Sowore had no business coming to court for Mr Kanu’s trial because he has an active case of his own still pending in court.
Although heavily armed police operatives were seen around the protest routes, there has been no report of violent dispersal of protesters unlike the case in Lekki, Lagos.
The information minister said bandits should not be compared with Boko Haram insurgents and IPOB separatists because they cannot be attached to a religious or an ideological goal.
The Kwara governor also said the information minister cornered hundreds of millions donated to his campaign, including a large sum from Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
The announcement appeared aimed at dousing tension ahead of another round of protests marking one year since the campaign against police brutality swept the country.
Heavily armed security men with armoured vehicles were seen patrolling the Lekki Toll Gate.
MTN customers in Sokoto, Enugu, Oyo, Ogun, Plateau, Abuja, Lagos have confirmed service outages.
