Family of Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to release their son without further delay.
This was contained in a statement by Olusegun Sowore and Robert Sowore, saying that their son believed in one Nigeria and has passion for the peaceful co-existence of the citizenry.
The statement read: “The continued incarceration of Omoyele in the DSS custody, even after a court has given directive for his release, gives us cause for concern.
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“The attitude does not portray the government in a good light in the face of the citizens and of international observers. The family is particularly worried about the DSS disregard for the rule of law.
“We envisage that the DSS men, in their characteristic manner, would deliberately want to incarcerate him for no just cause, even after meeting with the stringent bail conditions slammed on him by the judge.”
The Sowores urged well-meaning Nigerian, human rights organisations, President Muhammadu Buhari, governors and legislators to intervene in the matter.
The Herald reported that Omoyele Sowore took the Department of State Services to court for illegal detention.
Sowore prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the DSS to pay him N500m for aggravated damaged over his illegal detention which he called ‘Illegal violation of his fundamental rights’.
Sowore filed the lawsuit on November 20, 2019, and was marked FHC/ABJ /C51409/2019. The suit was supported by a 21-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Abubakar Marshall and accompanied by a written address.