Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi
Falana, SAN, has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister
of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), seeking the release of the convener of
‘RevolutionNow’ protest, Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of
State Services.
Falana’s letter, dated December
13, 2019 and made available to journalists on Sunday, followed the Friday’s
announcement by the AGF office that it had taken over the prosecution of Sowore
and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, from 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 re-arrest Sowore on December 6.
Falana, who heads the defence
team of the two men, informed Malami 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 him (Malami).
The letter titled, ‘Request for
the release of Omoyele Sowore from illegal custody’, read, in part, “Following
the announcement of your decision to take over the case of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria V Omoyele Sowore and another, two members of the legal defence team
visited the headquarters of the State Security Service on December 13, 2019 to
demand the immediate release of Sowore from illegal custody.
“Our colleagues were however advised to direct
the request to your office in view of the fact that you have taken over the
case from the State Security Service.
“In the light of the foregoing,
we hereby request you to use your good offices to direct the State Security
Service to release Sowore from custody in line with the order of the Federal
High Court admitting him to bail pending trial. We are confident that you will
not hesitate to grant our request as no court has issued any remand order for
his detention.”
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