Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Monday, December 16th indicated that he could not ask the Department of State Service to release Omoyele Sowore from custody.

The minister said in the statement that he could not take a unilateral decision on the release of Sowore without recourse to the court, where the ‘RevolutionNow’ protests convener and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, are being prosecuted on charges of treasonable felony, among others.

This is contained in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu, who stated that Malami was reacting to “the claim that a lawyer sent a letter to the AGF requesting the release of Mr. Sowore”.

The statement appeared to be a veiled reference to the letter by Sowore’s lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), sent to the AGF on Friday to demand the release of the convener of ‘RevolutionNow’ protests from the custody of the DSS.

The AGF’s takeover of the case was informed by the widely condemned invasion of the Federal High Court in Abuja by the operatives of the DSS to rearrest Sowore on December 6. Falana who heads the defence team of the two men informed Malami that Sowore had, since his rearrest on December 6, been kept in the DSS custody without the backing of any detention order of court or arrest warrant.

He stated that his letter became necessary after two lawyers in the team visited the DSS headquarters in Abuja to demand Sowore’s release but were advised to direct their request to Malami.

In a statement making a veiled reference to Falana’s letter on Monday, Malami said in the statement issued by Gwandu, “When parties submit their issues for determination to a court of law, they lack exclusivity of decision over such issues without recourse to the court. We remain guided by the established tradition and will not take unilateral decision without recourse to the rule of law”.

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Okay why

Passing the buck here

Arresting him in the court is the biggest mistake these lawless DSS made. The spin only made it worse.
It is now clear that we are back in the days of dictatorial junta and the schemes and regional plans laid bear.

Anybody that is in bed with a fugitive terrorist is also a terrorist and should be treated as such. The DSS should not release him, he might jump bail and flee to America where he's a citizen. He would go back to his fugitive partner in crime and continue to destabilize Nigeria by proxy just like his terrorist friend that order the killing and burning of two police officers.

Nobody is talking about those two officers that where gruesomely murdered and burnt to ashes by those unfortunate and barbaric creatures call ipob, the hypocrisy of Nigerian press and activists would eventually consume them.

Please, when I say ipob, I meant the terrorist group, NOT All IGBO!!!

Good Boy!

Do as you are told by Major General.

Sirjamo:
Anybody that is in bed with a fugitive terrorist is also a terrorist and should be treated as such. The DSS should not release him, he might jump bail and flee to America where he's a citizen. He would go back to his fugitive partner in crime and continue to destabilize Nigeria by proxy just like his terrorist friend that order the killing and burning of two police officers.

Nobody is talking about those two officers that where gruesomely murdered and burnt to ashes by those unfortunate and barbaric creatures call ipob, the hypocrisy of Nigerian press and activists would eventually consume them.

Please, when I say ipob, I meant the terrorist group, NOT All IGBO!!!

I know you forgot your Brain somewhere while typing this.
remember karma.
he no de forget

Updatebaze:


The minister said in the statement that he could not take a unilateral decision on the release of Sowore without recourse to the court, where the ‘RevolutionNow’ protests convener and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, are being prosecuted on charges of treasonable felony, among others.

But you had powers and took unilateral decisions without the court to discontinue with Danjuma Goje alleged corruption case abi ?

May be Danjuma Goje case does not require application of the rule of law. Imagine, these people talking as if others don't have brains.

Sowore has entered one chance, We have forgotten about dasuki that has been in detention since 2015, El zakzaky has been in detention since 2017, despite all the court oders for them to be released. So Sowore in short you are screwed.

Duh they answer to the president. Sowore will stay until futher notice since all that is being done for him is calling Buhari general. Since Buhari isnt worried about consequences like impeachment or electoral defeat there's no reason for him to change course.