The Department of State Services
(DSS) says it will not release Omoyele Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow
Movement to a mob.
Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesman,
said this on Tuesday while addressing journalists at the agency’s headquarters
in Abuja.
“Sowore was granted bail and we
say that he is in our custody. Do we bring Sowore out to the gate and ask him
to go?’ What if Sowore was going on the road and he was knocked down by a car?
“People who should take Sowore
and do proper documentation have not come up until now. Protesters and some
people who were not parties, unqualified to stand and document properly and
take responsibility that Sowore has been released to them, came.
“Is it the right thing for us to
have released Sowore to a mob? People who came and acted unruly, fighting and
forcing themselves into the facility.”
Afunanya also denied the
allegations that shots were fired at protesters who gathered at the secret
police’ headquarters to demand the release of Sowore.
“No guns were used on any person.
The DSS is a very peaceful organisation and discharges its duty with utmost
responsibility and accountability,” he said.
“We have standard operating
procedures on the use of arms. So, our staff couldn’t have used guns on any
person. Things were exaggerated and people were passing their opinions to put
the service on a part of hate.”
The DSS spokesman claimed the
operatives of the service have been receiving threats from Sowore’s supporters.
“We have continued to receive
various threats on our personnel. Threats about how they will be mobbed on the
streets, how they will be physically attacked, killed and given treatment they
would live to regret,” he said.
”Documentation is imperative in
the discharge of security duties, and that those who stood as sureties for
Sowore in court, should come forward and do proper documentation with the
service so that he (Sowore) can be released to them.”
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