Dr Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the AGF, made the statement available, on Wednesday, in Abuja.
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He gave the warning on Thursday in Abuja at the 2019 fourth quarter meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, with the theme: “Religion and civil authorities in dialogue for nation-building.”
The Senate on Thursday began investigation into invasion of a courtroom by operatives of the Department of State Services last week Friday.
The previous day, the judge had given the DSS 24 hours to release the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, who was arrested on August 3, but detained for 72 days after the first court order for his release, bringing his total detention period to 125 days.
Nigeria had trod a path, a veritable obstacle course, where repression, especially under military jackboots, was a malignant presence and this attracted heroic resistance by ordinary people, civil society groups and the press.
Malami made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen shortly after he visited the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, and the President, National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Benedict Kanyip.
The Coordinator of the #RevolutionNow has been in the detention of the Department of State Services for over four months despite the bail granted him by courts
Sowore was rearrested by the Department of State Services last week Friday after the bail granted him was honoured a day earlier
Inadvertently, the Federal Government has turned Omoyele Sowore into a “hero”, a symbol for resilience against official impunity in Nigeria, and a poster figure for courage and boldness.
The CSOs gave the ultimatum in a statement on Monday after their meeting in Lagos at the officer of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights
The Department of State Services had on Friday rearrested Sowore, who has been in detention for over four months, in the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja
The notice of the press conference was given in a statement by the CSOs
Martins made the plea on Sunday in Lagos, while reacting to the re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore by officials of the Directorate of Security Services on Friday in the same court that ordered his release.
Speaking at the Weekend, Aare Adams insisted that the situation in the country has only justified that the rule of law is gradually dying, while the Federal Government remains helpless.
The Presidency has dismissed insinuations in the media about the re-arrest by the Department of State Services of Omoyele Sowore, saying no government will allow anybody to openly call for destabilization in the country and do nothing.
Dr Peter Afunanya, the DSS Public Relations’ Officer in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said the video was meant to serve as propaganda to bring the service to disrepute.
Menendez, in a video that went viral on Friday, said he was going to do all within his power to ensure the US moves against Nigeria over the rearrest of a “New York journalist”
The re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore and his co defendant Olawale Bakare by the Department of State Services is an all time low in the history of Nigeria. The commando move right in the court is a clear disregard of the judiciary and a mockery of the rights of Sowore and Bakare
It said this in reaction to the arrest of the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare, inside the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, on Friday
The operatives stormed the court, presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, seeking to arrest Sowore and his co-traveller, Olawale Bakare, have been in the custody of the DSS for more than four months over the planned #RevolutionNow.