{"id":355811,"date":"2025-02-15T19:10:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T18:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=355811"},"modified":"2025-02-15T19:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T18:10:43","slug":"sowore-attacked-at-lagos-city-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/15\/sowore-attacked-at-lagos-city-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowore \u2018attacked&#8217; at Lagos City Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon drew thousands of runners both local and foreigners across its categories of 10km and full event of 42.5km<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Suspected thugs allegedly attacked the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, on Saturday morning at the Lagos City Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>The men also attacked some journalists and Sowore\u2019s crew members covering the event, allegedly damaging their cameras and other devices.<\/p>\n<p>Sowore, former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 elections, posted a video of the incident on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow occupying a canopy after the Lagos Marathon 10k infuriated some rogue elements who assaulted our crew members and journalists leading to unprovoked attacks which led to the seized a camera of one of our journalists insisting they view and delete all the contents because it caught them live attacking our crew in Lagos,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists during a press conference on Friday, Sowore, who has famously participated in top marathons like New York City Marathon among others, revealed that his penchant for long-distance race was rooted in its ability to build resilience.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cMarathon is all about resilience and if you cannot grow physically running anymore, you can use brain to keep going and that\u2019s what activism is all about. 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