Has Mr Omoyele Sowore, the Sahara Reporters’Publisher and convener of #Revolution Now been abandoned on the long run by friends and associates?
This seems to be the picture, going by assertions by Department of State Services (DSS) which has been holding him in custody.
The departed has said that no person had turned up to take delivery of Sowore, despite a court order ordering for his release.
The Public Relations’ Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, said via a statement on Saturday in Abuja, that the clarification had become necessary for reasons of accountability.
He said the court had been briefed propertly on the matter and that steps were being takne to ensure compliance despite that nobody had come for the convener, going by a report monitored from Thisday newspaper.
He said the service was not a lawless organisation and would never obstruct justice or disobey court orders.
Afunanya pledged the commitment of the service to do the needful upon completion of the appropriate processes for Sowore’s release.
Sowore was arrested on August 3 over allegation that he was leading a group known as #RevolutionNow on a protest in the country.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court on October 4 granted him bail in the sum N100 million with two sureties in the like sum.
The court ordered that N50 million of the amount be deposited with the court while the balance be put in place should Sowore jump bail.
Ojukwu said Sowore’s sureties must deposit tax clearance certificates for three years, 2016 to 2018, and documents of landed properties in Abuja.
The court however, on October 21 reviewed the bail conditions by waiving the earlier requirement that Sowore must deposit N50 million as security.
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RE: Hi Mr cami, I read your article on sowore and I can’t help but agree that indeed it seems that he has been deserted by his friends and colleagues. I was expecting that his arrest and detention would send his friends to the street to protest but I saw none of that. I hope everything goes well with him.