FG seeking Sowore, Bakare’s transfer to prison – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), said on Sunday the Federal Government had applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for an order of transfer of his clients who were arrested for their call for the #RevolutionNow protest from the custody of the Department of State Service to prison.

The #RevolutionNow protest convener and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-detainee, Adebayo Bakare, have been in the custody of the DSS since August despite the orders of the Federal High Court in Abuja for their release.

Falana, in a He urged Malami to ensure compliance with the orders of British courts and the ones issued by the Nigerian domestic courts.

He also threatened to report both Malami and the prosecutor appointed by the minister to prosecute Sowore and Bakare, Dr Hassan Liman (SAN), to both the Nigerian Bar Association and the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee, to take disciplinary actions against them for allegedly encouraging the DSS to continue to disobey the court orders for his clients’ release.

Falana stated, “In treating the court order with provocative contempt, the State Security Service has insisted on approving the sureties of our clients after they have been verified by the Federal High Court letter dated December 1, 2019, and addressed to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), requested the minister to direct the DSS to release his clients.