The Department of State Services (DSS) has challenged the Federal High Court order, allowing it to detain Omoyele Sowore, convener, #RevolutionNow protests, for 45 days against its request of 90 days pending investigation. The DSS argued that its investigation so far revealed that “RevolutionNow” was allegedly a smokescreen for the actual intention of Sowore and his allies “to topple the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The DSS said it was engaged in a painstaking investigation of activities of Sowore, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last presidential election, in view of the quantum of evidence so far gathered and may return to court to seek an extension of the 45 days granted by the Abuja-based court to detain him.
The security agency made this known in a fresh document it filed at the Federal High Court on Monday, August 20, in response to an application by Sowore. In the counter-affidavit deposed to by Godwin Agbadua, an official of the DSS, it was stated that Sowore was arrested on reasonable suspicion of having committed a capital offence, upon his alleged involvement in terrorists’ activities. The DSS said Sowore planned to violently change the government through the hashtag RevolutionNow. Going further, it added that Sowore hid under the cover of call for mass protest with the hashtag RevolutionNow to mislead unsuspecting and innocent members of the public into joining him to topple the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria “In his plot to topple the government the respondent/applicant held series of meetings with members at a prescribed terrorists‘ organisation, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) with a view to mobilising strong forces to realise his agenda at changing the government

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This single act from Buhari and the DSS will make Sowore a Mandela of our time. Buhari just shot himself on the foot.

& What was the call for a revolution by Buhari in 2015 mean you hired goons.

why didn't you go and arrest him..

& you are justifying your unethical behavior & one sided ignorance in discharging your duties

Really? By protesting?

Good for him, Sowore thought this was Jonathan

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This single act from Buhari and the DSS will make Sowore a Mandela of our time. Buhari just shot himself on the foot.

just like he has made nnamdi comnu the Mandela of your region abi

It seems that the only thing the DSS has against Sowore was that he met with Nnamdi Kanu.