Finally, the Department of State Services (DSS) has released the protagonist of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore after spending almost five months in the gulag..
Sowore’s release comes hours after the Federal Government, through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, ordered the DSS to release the activist, as well as the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd).
After regaining his freedom, Sowore was escorted out of the Headquarters of the Service by Mr Abubakar Marshal, a lawyer from the chambers of Mr Femi Falana.
As he departed from the DSS office, the activist chanted ‘revolution now and forever’, and wished Nigerians a Merry Christmas.
Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, are standing trial on a 16-count bordering on treasonable felony and money laundering amongst other charges.
They have since pleaded not guilty and were granted bail in the sum of N100 million and N30 million respectively.
The DSS had refused to release them on bail even after they met their bail application, forcing Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu to issue a 24-hour order for their release.
Sowore and Bakare were later released on December 5, but re-arrested in a commando-like style barely 24 hours after by the DSS.
