Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of
Ondo state, has condemned the manner in
which operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) stormed the court to
rearrest Omoyele Sowore on Friday.
The DSS rearrested Sowore,
convener of RevolutionNow Movement, at the federal high court in Abuja less
than 24 hours after he was released following a detention that lasted 124 days.
The presidency had defended this
action, saying Sowore is a person of interest to the secret police.
But Akeredolu, who is governor of
Sowore’s home state of Ondo, said with the way things went in court, lawyers
could be arrested during court sessions.
The former president of the
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) spoke at an NBA programme in Ibadan, Oyo state
capital.
“It should be an anathema to the
bar that inaction has come upon us. The bar needs to talk on quite a number of
things,” he said.
“We must be terror against
demagogues. It is when your voice of the bar is heard consistently that it will
earn respect. Will people go and desecrate our courtrooms and we keep quiet?
The bar must condemn it. There is no explanation anybody can give you.
“Somebody calls it drama. Drama!
How? What we saw was not drama, you must stand up to condemn the SSS for what
they did in Abuja.
“Our spirit must remain
indomitable. Forget about where we are today because enough of us made efforts
to say what you have done is wrong and only way out was apology almost
immediately but what people believe is different.
“If we are not careful, the day
will come that people will walk into a judge’s sitting and arrest people with
their wig and gown.”
The governor asked lawyers to be
courageous and prosecute their conviction without fear.
NBA had on Saturday called for
the immediate suspension of Yusuf Bichi, director-general of the DSS.
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