A senior legal practitioner in Nigeria, Femi Falana, has told the Department of State Services (DSS), to release, Omoyele Sowore the convener of the RevolutionNow protest inorder to save Nigeria from ridicule.
Yesterday the DSS confirmed that it was ready to release Sowore if the appropriate persons who stood as sureties for him present themselves.
Falana however did not support the conditions of the DSS, saying the agency has constituted it self to the appellate court over the Federal High Court.
He said this in a statement which he signed and issued by himself in Abuja on Wednesday.
“The SSS has now said that it is only appropriate that those who stood surety for Sowore present themselves and have him released to them.
“With respect to Sowore, we wish to state without any fear of contradiction, that the SSS has apparently constituted itself into an appellate court over the Federal High Court.
“For the avoidance of doubt, no condition was attached to the order of the court for the release of both detainees.
“On that occasion, the SSS never asked our sureties to report after they had been verified by the trial court.
“I demand for nothing less for my clients under the current political dispensation which ought to be anchored on the rule of law”.
