News DSS Get Court Order To Detain Sowore For 45 Days Published 5 years ago on August 8, 2019 By The Octopus News Admin The Department of State Service (DSS), has obtained a court order to detain the convener of RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore for 45 days. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja gave the ruling on Thursday, August, 8. According to Justice Taiwo Taiwo the presiding judge, the detention order would be renewable after the expiration of the first 45 days on September 21. A lawyer, G.O. Abadua, who represented the DSS move the agency’s ex-parte application to detain Sowore for 90 days. Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the February 2019 general election was arrested on Saturday, August 3, by DSS operatives a day to the planned kickoff of the #RevolutionNow protest which he convened. DSS anchored its application on the provision of section 27(1) of the Terrorism (Prevention) Amendment Act. Without counter-argument by Sowore’s legal team, Justice Taiwo said he had to grant the application “only to the extent” of allowing the security agency to keep the respondent in custody for only 45 days for the applicant to conclude its investigation. The judge said that although the hearing of the application was one-sided as provided by 27(1) of the Terrorism (Prevention) Amendment Act, the use of the word, “may”, in the provision “is directory” and not “discretionary”. Post Views: 1,026 Related Topics:DSSDSS Get Court Order To Detain Sowore For 45 DaysJustice Taiwo TaiwoOmoyele Sowore Up Next N1.2bn Fraud: Court Orders EFCC To Detain Ex-INEC Chairman, Maurice Iwu Don't Miss Group Accuses South-West Of Promoting RevolutionNow Protest To Overthrow Buhari You may like Customs Area 11 Command Onne Revenue Target up by 89% Alleged Terrorism: Group Urges U.S. Consulate To Suspend Senator Shehu Buba’s Visa Bobrisky May Face Defamation, Criminal Charges We Have Identified Those Behind Planned Nationwide Protest-DSS Government Plays Third Party In Every Protest-Sowore Alhaji Bichi: A beacon of hope and inspiration Click to comment Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ Polaris Bank AD Your browser does not support the video. AdFacebook Trending Society5 years ago How Socialite, Drug Peddler Toyin Igbira Died Music4 years ago Police Arrest Salawa Abeni’s Blackmailer Opinion5 years ago Why I said Anyone Opposed To Church Opening Will Die-Oyedepo News5 years ago See Open Letter Written By Pastor To Adeboye, Kumuyi Others News4 years ago Nigerian Army Arrest Soldier For Attack On Chief Of Army Staff Society5 years ago Happy Times Return For Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Music5 years ago Olori Ajoke Places Curse On Esabod Live1 year ago Bayelsa Election Live: Voting Begins In Earnest
