Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), who leads Mr Omoyele Sowore’s defence team, has asked the Nigerian Bar Association to take disciplinary actions against lawyers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet over what he described as desecration of the court with Sowore’s rearrest at the Federal High Court in Abuja, causing a disruption of...
Human Rights Activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore has regained freedom more than three months after he was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). Sowore was arrested and charged to court by the Nigerian government for planning a nationwide tagged #RevolutionNow. He was released on Thursday evening after the Federal High Court in Abuja...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has warned the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) on the consequences of the continued detention the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore and his associate, Olawale Bakare (Mandate). The court’s warning is contained in a Form 48 issued by the Registrar and served on the DSS on...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has agreed to the request by the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare for the variation of their bail conditions. The court had on October 4 granted them bail on certain conditions which they considered stringent. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ruled as part of his bail...
