Veteran lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused the Federal Government of disobeying Nigerian courts while regarding orders made by only foreign ones.
He said this while lamenting the continued detention of the Convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, after the courts have ordered his release twice.
He also noted that his bail conditions had ben satisfied.
Falana, lead Counsel to Sowore, said in an interview on ‘Channels Television’ that he had information that the Department of State Security was also planning to re-arraign him.
He said, “The Federal Government has alleged that the controversial judgment debt of $9.6bn was obtained fraudulently by P & ID. But the commercial court in London recently ordered Nigeria to pay £250,000 within 14 days as a precondition for filing an appeal against the judgment.
“The said sum of £250,000 has since been paid to P & ID in strict compliance with the orders of Her Majesty’s High Court in London.
“But since national security takes precedence over the rule of law at home, the orders of the Federal High Court for the immediate release of Messrs Sowore and Bakare have been brazenly disobeyed by the State Security Service” he said.
“I was reliably informed last night by a security official that the government was currently fishing for evidence,” he said.
“An attempt is being made to file a fresh charge on Tuesday so that there will be an excuse that ‘we are arraigning them in court, hence we are unable to release them’.
“If you recall, that was what was done when Justice Taiwo Taiwo granted Sowore bail on September 24. For a whole week, the order of the court was flouted. And then, of course, on September 30, he was arraigned together with Olawale Bakare. We are ready for them.”
There has been anxiety over Sowore’s ordeals, with activists joining the lawyers and members of his family, last week, to protest at the DSS office.
