Tag: sowore
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Buhari Cannot Look The Other Way – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene Since we have eyes but cannot see, the Department of State Security (DSS) invited us to look again at the viral video of the invasion of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu’s courtroom on Friday. Laughable, if it wasn’t a travesty. The previous day, the judge had given the DSS 24 hours to release the Publisher…
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Sowore: FG orders probe of DSS Abuja Court invasion
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, said the Federal Government has ordered a probe into the invasion of a Federal High Court last Friday by operatives of the Department of State Service. Malami spoke to reporters at the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, after…
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Sowore: ‘Respect rule of law…’ UK govt tells Buhari
The United Kingdom has said it is closely following the continued detention of Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore while calling on the Nigerian government to respect the fundamentals for democracy. Mr. Sowore was rearrested by operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) on Friday at a Federal High Court in Abuja,…
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Rearrest: Buhari, DSS conspiring to kill our son, Sowore’s family cries out
…Expresses concerns over ‘failing health’ The family of embattled Omoyele Sowore has expressed deep concern over state of health of their son. According to a statement jointly signed by Deacon S.M Omoyeni, Olusegun Sowore and Robert Sowore, the Publisher of Sahara reporters was allegedly ‘ injected’ with an unknown substance and beaten by one of…
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Sowore: Reps order immediate investigation of DSS’ court invasion
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, called for an investigation into the invasion of an Abuja Federal High Court by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). The lower legislative chamber directed its relevant committees to probe the alleged DSS invasion of the court. Minority Leader of the House, Ndudi Elumelu raised the matter…
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Sowore orchestrated court drama to embarrass Nigeria-Coalition alleges
A coalition of civil society organizations has alleged that co-convener of #Revolution Now protest, Omoyele Sowore, masterminded the drama witnessed at the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja, to embarrass Nigeria before international community. This is just as the coalition urged the Directorate of State Security (DSS) and other security agencies not to…
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Apologize to Nigerians for spreading fake news on Sowore’s rearrest, APC tells Atiku
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday night accused former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar of spreading falsehood about the event leading the rearrest of the founder of #RebolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore by operatives of the Department of State Services in Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mallam Lanre…
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Nigerians not bothered about Sowore’s re-arrest – Presidency
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said that millions of Nigerians are not bothered about the re-arrest of publisher and convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, last Friday. Adesina said this when he appeared on Channels TV…
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#RevolutionIsNow: Sowore and DSS many alibis, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon In an uncanny sense of exhilaration, but with deep concerns for the health of Nigeria’s polity, I was hoping that the Department of State Services (DSS) would “mess” with Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja. That was on Thursday, December 5, 2019, when the judge ordered that Omoyele Sowore…