Sowore simulated arrest, our men not involved in drama ― DSS
‘We only arrested him outside court’ Sowore wants to destabilise Nigeria, agency insists Soni Daniel As the criticism continued to trail the alleged invasion of court and re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore of Sahara Reporters in Abuja court on Friday, the Department for State Services (DSS) has denied the involvement of any of its personnel in […]
UPDATED: DSS releases Sowore, Bakare from detention
Following a 24-hour ultimatum that was handed to it by the Federal High Court in Abuja, the Department of State Service, DSS, on Thursday evening, released pro-democracy activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, from detention. Sowore, who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the last general election […]
El Zakzaky transferred to Kaduna correctional centre
Ben Agande – Kaduna The detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El Zakzaky has been transferred to Kaduna correctional centre from the custody of the Department of state services where he had been held for several months. His transfer followed an order by the Kaduna State high court Judge, Gideon Kudafa […]
Court orders DSS to transfer El-Zakzaky, wife to Kaduna Correctional Centre
A High Court on Thursday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to transfer the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zinat, to the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Kaduna, to allow his lawyer’s easy access to him.
Court orders DSS to release Sowore, Bakare within 24 hours
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday gave the Department of State Service (DSS) 24 hours ultimatum to release the convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare.. Justice Ojukwu gave the order at the scheduled commencement of the defendants’ trial on charges of treasonable felony. The […]
Sowore kicks against transfer to Correctional Facility
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja Detained pro-democracy activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, has opposed a fresh application the Department of State Service, DSS, filed to secure a leave of the Federal High Court in Abuja to transfer him to a Correctional Facility. Sowore, who has been in detention since August 2 […]
