DSS refuses to release Sowore after meeting bail conditions

Bayo Wahab 20:17 - 06 November 2019

Mr Omoyele Sowore has alleged electoral fraud over his exclusion from the presidential debate.

Falana says Sowore's bail conditions have been met.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the release of Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 presidential election.

The judge on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, ordered the release of Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, from the custody of the Department of State Services.

During the court proceeding, Sowore’s counsel, Femi Falana, said the convener of the RevolutionNow movement has perfected his bail conditions.

According to Punch, Falana said that the warrants for the release of the two defendants were served on the DSS in Abuja on Wednesday after the judge signed them, adding that the security operatives are yet to comply with the warrants.

He said, “The warrants of release were served on the State Security Service by the court bailiff and some of our lawyers on Wednesday.