Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have stated that they are still investigating the mobile phones seized from pro-democracy campaigner and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, from as far back as August 2019.

Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters, had instituted a suit against the DSS to compel the agency to return his phones seized since August 2019 when he was first arrested.

The case came up on Wednesday before Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

In the opening statement by Sowore’s lawyer, Mrs Funmi Falana, she prodded the DSS lawyer on the illegality of the seizures.

The DSS lawyer rambled away while trying to explain why the lawless organisation, known for human rights violations, could not provide a valid court order that led them to seize the phones and take N10,000 from his hotel room during his abduction in August 2019.

The DSS told Justice Chikere that the phones were “recovered” during his arrest and not seized.

The agency added that the phones were still being investigated for links to terrorism.

Two lawyers from the Ministry of Justice also argued that they were raising preliminary objection to the lawsuit because Sowore was undergoing trial before another federal judge.

Falana, however, faulted the positions, while informing the judge that apart from not obtaining a court order to seize the phones, the government had also refused to return the phones and monies despite entreaties.

She further stated that the charge sheets produced in court did not state that the phones were part of the evidence before the federal judge.

She urged the judge to dismiss the preliminary objections and order the return of Sowore’s phones as well as pay N20 million in damages to the applicant.

Justice Chikere adjourned the case for ruling on December 8, 2021.

SaharaReporters had on December 24, 2019, reported that though the DSS released Sowore following an order by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), officials of the secret police failed to return his mobile phones apparently in an attempt to monitor his communication and deprive him of important contacts stored on the devices.

Sowore was first arrested on August 3, 2019, for calling on Nigerians to take to the streets in peaceful demonstrations to demand a better country from the Government.

He had remained in detention until December 5, 2019, when he was briefly released on bail.

On December 6, he was rearrested inside the Federal High Court, Abuja by DSS operatives and was kept in custody until Tuesday, December 24, 2019, when Malami gave the latest release order.

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Eweeeyyyy!

Na for innocent people body this DSS dey like stand their preeek
Instead of them to be checking Gumi's phone for links... Mumu DSS

Idiots

Are you done investigating Gumi.

Nigeria!!!
A country pursuing shadows...the citizens lacks capacity to change things, they are left to their fate

The World is truly upside down in this End time. Real Blood-thristy Terrorists investigating and browbeating verbal Freedom fighters as terrorist.
Where is that Nwanmo gif putting his hand in mouth when one needs him the most.

Hmmm.
Except it's an exhibit probably needed to prosecute him and terrorists, DSS should release the phone to him.

However, the subsequent violent events that ended with the IPOB terrorists attack on Lagos, calls for DSS to err on the side of caution before giving away likely exhibit or investigation cues .

If I were him, I won't even use the gadgets again after they are returned because of concern that they could be bugged and I obviously must have replaced them with even better gadgets since that same year 2019.

All the enemies of Nigeria will lose las las. They always lose. God bless Nigeria forever.
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And they have never investigated Sheikh Gunmi’s phone for terrorism?

Mad DSS

Okay

Please also check Sheikh Gumi's phones too for links to terrorism: Oops, you don't need to, I forgot he is their spokesman.

Naija I hail thee...hypocrisy everywhere.

Lol

The kine laugh wey hol me as I read this headline, na meme go fit explain am.

what about Gumi abeg? this people will just be creating enemies with other Tribes forgetting that power is transient and never in Nigeria will any tribe hold sway we are to multilingual and divided for that to happen

If nothing is found?

Fulani herdmen & Boko Haram members you no touch

Gumi is still walking around freely.

Hmm misplaced priority..

When you call someone Animal, they will pick offense.

But when you call them Lion, they will be happy.

Shey Lion no be Animal?�

Since Year 2019

Every Buharis opponent is now a terrorist..
Isn't that wonderful my people?

DOTian:
Every Buharis opponent is now a terrorist..
Isn't that wonderful my people?

That's why Gumi maintain his stand

For over 2years??. Slowpokes I guess these dummies do not know what terrorism means. Maybe sowore phone has been sold off. Now, we have an idea of what EFCC do with the items they seize from yahoo boys

Terrorist are now the ones calling the shot in the nations security forces.

Lemmy123:
Eweeeyyyy!

Na for innocent people body this DSS dey like stand their preeek
Instead of them to be checking Gumi's phone for links... Mumu DSS

Am very sad to say this but they have turned this once beautiful agency into rags void of sophisticated operational structure.

It's very sad and am pained

HonNL:


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theraregem1 okefranci nonpartisan1 buckeyemedia1 Nigerialabalaba shooyie ovamboland benuejosh vedaxcool NGpatriot lovenorth...can u guys help us make sense of this story? How is d DSS still investigating a persons phones since 2019? Are d contents of d phone written in martian language?

Aphonja youths say no to terrorism


Death to all Tinubu street urchings

What about sheikh Gumi