For the second time in about one month on Thursday, the Department of State Services failed to obey a court order directing the release of pro-democracy activist and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore.

The agency, which was on Thursday morning served with the latest ruling of a Federal High Court, Abuja, by the court’s bailiff and lawyers to Sowore, acknowledged receipt of the document but refused to obey the directive.

As at the time of filing this report, there was no indication that the agency was ready to honour the court order and release Sowore and Olawale Bakare widely known as Mandate, who had been detained in their custody since August 3 and 5, 2019 respectively.

In a precursor to Thursday’s refusal to honour the order issued by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, the DSS turned back the court’s bailiff and Sowore’s lawyers on Wednesday at around 4:30pm, claiming that the agency could not attend to the document because they had closed since 3:30pm.

The team was asked to return to the facility at 10:00am on Thursday to serve the court order.

However, several hours since acknowledging receipt of the fresh order to release the two men, the DSS is refusing to do so despite the defendants perfecting their bail conditions.

Court order submitted to the DSS

Recall that the DSS also flouted an order issued by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the same court directing it to release Sowore after he met an initial bail condition set.

In his ruling on September 30, Justice Taiwo had asked Sowore to deposit his international passport with the court as condition for his release by the secret police while setting a date for the commencement of trail on the charges brought against him by the DSS.

But despite meeting that mandate the next day, the secret police refused to release Sowore, instead filing charges of money laundering and cyberstalking President Muhammadu Buhari against him – a development that has continued to attract condemnation from around the world.

Sowore was arrested in Lagos in the early hours of August 3, 2019 by the DSS for calling on Nigerians to take to the streets in peaceful demonstrations to demand for a better country from the President Buhari-led administration.

The government views his action as capable of bringing the regime down and has adopted desperate measures to keep him out of circulation for daring to speak truth to power.

In recent times, the DSS has earned a notorious reputation for flouting court orders by continuing to hold on to all those perceived to staunch critics of President Buhari’s regime.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/11/07/breaking-dss-confirms-receipt-court-order-release-sowore-refuses-comply-directive

zoo country

Lol.

Why is the DSS officer afraid to sign his full names on a formal document?

Lol.
Sowore sowore.

The DSS is a major cancer in this country.

They allow the likes of Ango Abdullahi and other Northern dogs to threaten the unity of Nigeria but pretend like they don't see those while a revolutionary is their main problem.

Useless lapdogs!

Seems DSS is greater than Nigeria.

Ordinarily, this is contempt of court and the officers in charge of such flouting of the law should be remanded in prison by the order of the court.

I was telling a fellow here that Nigeria has never practiced democracy since 1999, fellow was arguing with me.

If the judicial arm of government had been strengthened during Obasanjo's useless 8 years, DSS will never have the guts to do such.

This news if true should dominate the papers and elicit huge cries from local and international observers.

But bubu will always talk about respecting the rule of law.....


You can't give what you don't have.

Banana Republic

Mr Muhammad said the rule of law which is the bastion of every democracy across the world will be strictly observed.“The rule of law must be observed in all our dealings and we must impress it on the governments at all levels to actively toe the path.

“The right of every citizen against any form of oppression and impunity must be jealously guarded and protected with the legal tools at our disposal.“All binding court orders must be obeyed.

“Nobody, irrespective of his or her position, will be allowed to toy with court judgments,” he said.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/353936-i-wont-tolerate-disobedience-of-court-orders-cjn-muhammad.html/amp/
CJN are you still there? Where are all the activist Nigeria once had? Tyranny is the order of the day
Brazen disregard for the rule of law.Sowore- guess you've learnt your lesson?

Even those who don't like Sowore for whatever reason should view this latest development with alarm. Such brazen disrespect for court judgements only strengthens the impression abroad that Nigeria is a country where laws have absolutely no effect on restraining those in power, which in turn both dissuades foreign investors and spurs domestic investors to capital flight. These are the last things Nigeria's economy needs right now, what with all the damage Buhari's wrong-headed statist and protectionist policies have wrought.

This country is lawless....

Sowore packaged a tyrant and a dictator as a Democrat, decieving millions of Nigerians with his platform.
Today the Hydra headed monster he helped to breed has truly come for him and his likes.
What goes around truly comes around, and Kama is a bitch.

Rubbish.

No be buhari Nigeria again


I said this about the Nigerian Army not going to yield to any outcome falana gets from the court and some Nlders quoted me as a bad belle somebody.

Now can they see DSS even refusing to grant bail to someone that have met all his bail conditions.

Wailers , zombies, APC, PDP, sitting on the fence guys, Igbo, Hausa , Yoruba, welcome to the new Nigeria. Zombies voted , but we are all suffering it

The DSS takes order directly from the Presidency.

The Presidency heads the Executive arm of the government.

It is safe to conclude that one arm of the government is deliberately disrespecting the other arm.

At this juncture, the Judiciary should at least make a strong statement to rescue itself from this embarrassment.

This country is just something else, well I don't blame the DSS ....they are just following orders.....but let them not worry, one day someone will have to say enough is enough!

i pray God save the man..DSS pls obey the court order pls

waiting for DSS to release sowore is like waiting for dictator bullhari to produce his waec result you go wait taya if am lying ask dasuki and el zaksaky if you want to survive this next level you MUST live like a coward

There will be war if the guy dies in DSS custody

It doesn't work anymore in Nigeria. Sambo Dasuki can testify to that

Goodnight DSS

Okay

it will serve as a deterrent to others planning palace coup

Hmm

hisexcellency34:
There will be war if the guy dies in DSS custody

Nothing will happen! There won't be any war because Yorubas are cowards who will rather die serving their master than challenge their master for doing something wrong!



Yorubas are only good in using Igbos to beg Hausa-Fulanis for friendship by going against any Igbo agenda to support Hausa-Fulanis.



That is the only thing Yorubas are very good at; using Igbos to gain political favors from Hausa-Fulanis, nothing else


Don't start any war hoping a Yoruba man or Yorubas will fight with you, if you dare it, OYO is your name, don't say I didn't warn you!

Cool
Free this young n!@

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Sowore should roast in prison...

Honestly speaking this present administration has no respect and regards for rule of Law. From Dasuki down to Sowore, it has been flaggrant abuse of court orders.


I wonder why the courts still entertain cases from the executive since they are not ready to respect the courts, the judiciary should completely shun cases from executives to show their discomfort with the executives choosing which court order to obey thus rendering the judiciary useless.

As for Sowore, well, I am not happy with what he has gone and is still going through, but at the same time, I am not sympathetic to his predicaments, he used his platform to package a tyrant and a dictator as a Democrat, decieving millions of Nigeria with his platform, today the monster he helped to create has come for him, karma is indeed a bitch.

I think he should even apologise to Nigerians for decieving them in 2015.