Hours after SaharaReporters reported that its detained publisher and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, had embarked on hunger strike following his continued detention, the Department of State Security has given a reason he is still with them.
It said it was prepared to let him go but no one had come of hi.
has “received the court order” asking it to release the convener of #RevolutionNow, Mr. Omoyele It said in a press release that “no person has turned up at the DSS to take delivery of him.”
In the statement signed by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, according to ‘TheCable’,
the DSS noted: “The DSS wishes to confirm that it has received the court order for the release of Omoyele Sowore.
“It is important that the public note that since the receipt of the order, no person has turned up at the DSS to take delivery of him.
“This becomes imperative for reasons of accountability.
“However, the court has been properly briefed on this development and the steps being taken to ensure compliance with its order.
“The service, under the leadership of Yusuf Magaji Bichi (fwc), as the Director General, is not a lawless organisation and will never obstruct justice or disobey Court Orders.
“It, therefore, affirms that it will do all that is needful once the appropriate processes have been concluded.”
