Lagos lawyer and activist, Femi Falana SAN, has raised an alarm that Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) was preparing a fresh charge against Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters and convener of RevolutionNow Movement.
Falana said that the plot was to keep Sowore incarcerated perpetually.
“I was reliably informed last night by a security official that the government was currently fishing for evidence,” he said.
“An attempt is being made to file a fresh charge on Tuesday so that there will be an excuse that ‘we are arraigning them in court, hence we are unable to release them’.
“If you recall, that was what was done when Justice Taiwo Taiwo granted Sowore bail on September 24.
“For a whole week, the order of the court was flouted. And then, of course, on September 30, he was arraigned together with Olawale Bakare. We are ready for them.”
Falana also declared readiness to file contempt charge against DSS Director-General, Yusuf Bichi.