Just In: Omoyele Sowore To Spend More Days In Detention After Losing His Court Appeal

A court in Abuja today ruled on a suit filed by Omoyele Sowore challenging his detention. The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the motion filed by Mr Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests, challenging his detention for 45 days by the Department of State Security.

 
Justice Nkeonye Maya, who declined all applications by Counsel to Sowore, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, sent the case back to Justice Taiwo for further hearing.
 
Falana, who had asked the court to set aside the ex parte order granted by Justice Taiwo, also applied for oral bail when Justice Maha rejected the earlier application.
 
Sowore. who is presently in detention had, on August 9, approached the court, seeking an order to vacate the ex parte order that gave the DSS the legal backing to detain him for 45 days.
 
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Taiwo Taiwo had, in a ruling on August 8 in an ex parte application, ordered Sowore’s detention for the said period to enable the DSS to carry out and conclude its investigation on allegations levied against him.
 
The DSS had also, on August 20, challenged the court order, allowing it to detain Sowore for 45 days against its request of 90 days pending investigation.
 

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Posted: at 28-08-2019 01:33 PM (4 years ago) | Hero

End of the road and where are his followers encouraging him? Lesson for all of us and if care is not taking, he will remain in detention till end of PMB's tenure.

Posted: at 28-08-2019 03:09 PM (4 years ago) | Upcoming