A federal high court in Abuja has
threatened to jail Yusuf Bichi, director-general of the Department of State
Services (DSS), for the continued detention of Omoyele Sowore, convener of
#RevolutionNow.
In a notice addressed to Bichi
and dated September 26, the court censured the DSS DG for not releasing Sowore
despite an order to do so.
The court had ordered the secret
service to release the publisher of Sahara Reporters immediately to his lawyer.
Taiwo Taiwo, the judge, said there was no a subsisting order keeping
him in detention.
But the DSS is yet to comply with
the order. Owing to the non-compliance,
Femi Falana, Sowore’s counsel, went to court seeking the execution of
the order.
In the notice, a copy of which
was obtained by Nigerianeye, the court told the DSS DG that his failure to release
Sowore will amount to contempt of court.
The notice entitled, ‘Notice of
consequences of disobedience to order of court’ read: “Take notice that unless
you obey the direction contained in the order of the Federal High Court of
Justice Abuja delivered on 24 September, 2019, which ordered you to release the
applicant in suit no: FHC/ABJ/CS/915/2019 forthwith, you will be guilty of
contempt of court and will be liable to be committed to prison.
“This court has been informed
that even as at today, Thursday the 26th of September, you are yet to comply
with the lawful order of the Federal High Court by refusing to release the
applicant namely: Omoyele Sowore, in your custody.
“You are hereby directed to
comply with the court order forthwith or you will be guilty of contempt of
court.”
Sowore was arrested on August 2
ahead of a nationwide protest he was promoting.
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