Why Sowore is still in our custody despite court order, DSS explains

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said the publisher of Saraha Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was still in its 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 The Punch 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 is a very senior member of the bar and he knows the process to follow; this process has not been followed.”

WuzupNigeria reports that the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the DSS to immediately release Sowore to his lawyer Femi Falana (SAN).

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He was arrested August 3 for convening a nationwide protest, themed #RevolutionNow.

Justice Taiwo Taiwo ordered that Sowore’s International passport be submitted to the chief registrar of the court with 48 hours of the judgment.

On Wednesday, Falana was at the DSS office in Abuja to secure Sowore’s release after complying with the court order.