Itse Sagay, Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, has berated the
Department of State Services, DSS, for re-arresting Omoyele Sowore, convener of
RevolutionNow Movement.
Sagay maintained that DSS owed
Nigerians an explanation for invading the premises of an Abuja Federal High
Court to re-arrest Sowore.
But, DSS had denied invading the
court to re-arrest Sowore.
The spokesperson of DSS, Peter
Afunanya, had claimed that the activist’s supporters were only acting an
“orchestrated drama” inside the court.
Afunanya had insisted that none
of its officers was involved in the incidents recorded in the courtroom.
However, The Nation quoted Sagay
on Sunday as saying Sowore’s re-arrest looks bad, adding that no one should
blame the Presidency.
Sagay said: “I agree that the DSS
(operatives) have their job. They don’t need the approval of the Presidency to
do their job. So, no one should blame the Presidency for anything the DSS does.
“However, the re-arrest of Sowore
looks bad on the surface in the sense that the man was released a day earlier,
and he was in court the next day to answer the charges and he is arrested.
“I feel that Nigerians are
entitled to an explanation. It’s not something you can do and keep quiet. It’s
not alright. There is something wrong in that. They could have a good reason,
but they should tell us what that reason is.
“They cannot be quiet about it
and if they are justified, I will be the first to say yes. But they cannot do
it and keep quiet and expect everybody to accept it.
“The question I have is: the
offence they are re-arresting him for, did he commit it after he was released?
That is very critical.
“If it is something he had said
before, then I don’t see any justification for his re-arrest, because he has
been given bail.
“But if it is something fresh –
maybe he said something after he was released that constitutes a security risk
or is a danger to the country – then they should make it clear so that we are
not confused.”
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