Human Rights activist and Lawyer, Femi Falana has issued subtle warnings to the Federal Government over the arrest and detention of Omoyele Sowore.
According to his some government officials including Nigeria’s current president would be the first set of witnesses if the government decides to sue the former presidential candidate to court.
Falana made his intentions known during an event organized by the Chattered Insititute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN. He affirmed that he has been communicating with Sowore and would not hesitate to go all out against the government as politicians in the current administration have at a time, demanded a revolution in the country.
He stated, “I do hope that the government will not be stupid to charge Sowore. In fairness to them (DSS), they gave him a telephone to phone me. Of course, I knew they were monitoring the phone, and I told him I hope they won’t charge you, because if they do, some of the people in government will be our witnesses.
“You know why? One of them, I won’t mention his name. In 2011, he asked Nigerians to learn from the Egyptian revolution and be ready for a revolution in Nigeria. So, he will be my first witness.
“The late Chief Gani Fawehinmi and four other people were charged with treasonable felony by the Ibrahim Babangida junta. I was one of them. We were detained in Kuje prison for two months. We were taken to the court, and what was the offence? I think we went beyond Sowore. “We posted thousands of posters across the country, that Babangida must go. That was the treasonable felony.”
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