Lagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has written a letter to demand the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters and the convener of RevolutionNow Movement.
Falana said, his call for Sowore’s release was necessary after two lawyers from his team, who visited the Department of State Services, DSS, to effect the activist’s freedom were told to take their request to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami.
In the letter to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, Falana said: “Following the announcement of your decision to take over the case of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Vs Omoyele Sowore and another, two members of the legal defence team visited the headquarters of the State Security Service on December 13, 2019, to demand the immediate release of Sowore from illegal custody.
“Our colleagues were however, advised to direct the request to your office in view of the fact that you have taken over the case from the State Security Service.
“In the light of the foregoing, we hereby request you to use your good offices to direct the State Security Service to release Sowore from custody in line with the order of the Federal High Court admitting him to bail pending trial.
“We are confident that you will not hesitate to grant our request as no court has issued any remand order for his detention.”
Sowore has remained in detention since his re-arrest by operatives of DSS at the Federal High Court in Abuja on December 6, 2019.