This has indeed portrayed the agency’s arrowhead by insisting that the sureties who stood for him must be the ones to collect him
Sowore: DSS Resistance, A Mockery Of The Rule Of Law
November 17, 2019
11:28 am
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Falana: DSS Has Given 3 Contradictory Reasons For Sowore
November 17, 2019
9:22 am
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says in the last one week, the Department of State Services (DSS) has given three reasons not to release Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement.
Sowore was arrested in Lagos on August 3 and later flown to Abuja where he has been in detention despite two court orders on his release.
The DSS has come under intense pressure over the detention of Sowore and other notable Nigerians.
On Friday, Peter Afunanya, spokesman of the DSS, said Sowore chose to remain in custody of the agency because he is being taken care of.
He said the …
El-Zakzaky, Sowore Opted To Be In Our Custody, Claims DSS
November 16, 2019
3:11 am
The Department of State Security (DSS) said yesterday that the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and Convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, opted to be remanded in DSS custody.
It said contrary to the belief in many quarters that they were held by DSS against their will, the trio chose the custody of the agency instead of Kuje Prison.
A statement issued by the agency said El-Zakzaky while on a court-ordered medical trip to India voiced his preference for DSS custody as against the accommodation …
Sowore Speaks From Custody, Buhari To Destroy Civic Space”
November 15, 2019
11:40 am
Detained social activist, publisher and politician, Omoyele Sowore, has spoken out from the custody of the State Security Service, telling NAN he is being held as part of a grand scheme by the Buhari administration to shut down Nigeria’s civic space.
Mr Sowore called a NAN reporter on Thursday afternoon, in a rare move to directly send out a message to the public.
It was a message of courage, defiance and hope for both his teeming supporters and the Nigerian downtrodden people.
The Sahara Reporters’ publisher said he would remain undeterred by the controversial tactics of the current government, …
Free Sowore: Police Fire In The Air To Quell Protest
November 12, 2019
2:36 pm
Nigerian security forces used tear gas and fired in the air on Tuesday to disperse protesters seeking the release of an opposition figure held since August after calling for a revolution.
Omoyele Sowore, the founder of local news site Sahara Reporters and a candidate in February’s presidential polls has been detained for “treason.”
At the end of September, the Nigerian judiciary ordered his release but the authorities have not complied.
About 80 protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the capital Abuja, shouting
Sowore: DSS Statement Misleading, Says Falana
November 10, 2019
1:48 am
Human rights lawyer and counsel to the detained Convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyole Sowore, Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday countered the position of the Department of State Security (DSS) that there was no representation for the release of his client, saying the statement was misleading.
Falana, while explaining the untruth in the DSS statement, explained that four lawyers from his chambers had waited at the agency’s headquarters for four hours without any response from its operatives.
This, however, came as a group of activists staged a protest at the headquarters of the agency following its refusal to release Sowore, who is …
DSS: No Surety Has Turned Up For Sowore
November 9, 2019
4:26 pm
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said no person has turned up to take delivery of the Convener of #RevolutionNow, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, since a court order was received for his release.
The Public Relations’ Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
He said the clarification was necessary for reasons of accountability, adding that the service had received the court order for his release.
According to him, the court has been properly briefed on the development and steps are …
Sowore Meets Bail Conditions As Trial Continues
November 7, 2019
10:45 am
While the defendants were expected to be released from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), the judge, however, denied an application for adjournment by Mr. Falana, ordering the continuation of trial.
The prosecution was then asked to call the first
Sowore Gets Concessions As Court Varies Bail Conditions
October 21, 2019
10:05 am
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court on Monday reviewed the bail conditions granted to detained convener of #Revolution Now protest, Omoyele Sowore, in his alleged treasonable felony charges.
The review was sequel to an application by Sowore praying the court to vary his bail conditions on accounts of his inability to meet the conditions described as ‘stringent’ by his lawyers.
Justice Ojukwu had on October 4 admitted Sowore to bail in the sum of ₦100 million with two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties, according to the judge, must deposit the sum of ₦50 million …
Alleged Treasonable Felony: Sowore Gets ₦100m Bail
October 5, 2019
2:39 am
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court on Friday admitted detained convener of Revolution Now Protest, Omoyele Sowore to bail in the sum of ₦100m.
Also admitted to bail in the sum of ₦50m is Sowore’s co-defendant, Olaleye Bakare, facing alleged Treasonable felony charges among others.
Justice Ojukwu who admitted the defendants to bail in a ruling, held that the offences they were been charged with are bail-able.
As part of the bail conditions, Sowore is to produce two sureties in like sum who must be resident in Abuja and show evidence of tax payment for three years
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Video: ‘Nigeria Is A Lawless Country’, Sowore
October 1, 2019
1:21 pm
Omoyele Sowore; a Nigerian human rights activist and former presidential aspirant has declared Nigeria a lawless country.
Sowore was seen struggling for his life with security agents in their bid to hold him down and take him away from his fans.
“Nigeria is a lawless country, you can see they have kept me here for over six months. See the way they are dragging me around like a criminal even when I did nothing to them. I love my country and I will fight and die for this country”.
While Sowore and the security agents were having their fracas, …
Why Omoyele Sowore Is Still With Us – DSS
September 26, 2019
3:58 pm
The Department of State Services has said the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was still in custody because his legal team had yet to serve it with a copy of the court order granting him bail.
Spokesperson of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunnaya said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent, in Abuja, on Thursday.
He said the DSS as a law-abiding agency has the highest regard for the laws of the land and would not do anything to undermine law and order.
Afunnaya said, “We have not received the court order. And his (Sowore’s) counsel …
