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Sunday, December 08, 2019

DSS Denies Arresting Sowore In Court And Says He Planned It To Tarnish Their Image

The Department of State Services has rebutted what it called “serial misinformation” about what transpired in the courtroom of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Friday, with the agency categorically denying that its men tried to arrest Saharareporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore inside the court.







In a long statement by the spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, the agency said its men were not in the courtroom and that the pandemonium about the imaginary arrest inside the court, was orchestrated by the Sowore crowd, with the intent to bring the agency into disrepute, both locally and internationally.

The statement hinted that Sowore’s re-arrest on Friday was over a fresh statement he made to some people after his release on 5 December at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja to the effect that he intends to “create anarchy in the country”.

Afunanya also stated that the Service did not re-arrest the student from Osun State, Olawale Bakare, because it no longer has interest in him.

Here is the full statement:


DSS AND THE 6TH DECEMBER, 2019 FEDERAL HIGH COURT, ABUJA INCIDENT


It has become important that the Department of State Services responds to the serial misinformation being circulated in the media about its involvement in the incident that occurred on 6th December, 2019 at the Federal High Court, Abuja. It is instructive to note that during the court proceeding of the day under reference, Defence Counsel, Femi FALANA (SAN), called the attention of the Judge to a suspicion that the Service was planning to re-arrest Omoyele SOWORE immediately after the court session. The Court discountenanced his alarm and asserted that the Service was law abiding and would not engage in such and subsequently adjourned to February, 2020.


However, when SOWORE stepped out of the court and sighted operatives of the Service within the premises, he ran back into the courtroom. In a bid to shield him from an imaginary arrest, his uncontrollable supporters mobbed him while chanting “you can’t arrest him” thus the pandemonium that ensued.

A critical look at the videos in circulation would convince any objective viewer that there was no DSS personnel during the entire period the Sowore crowd acted out its orchestrated drama. Its personnel were never, at any time, involved in the incident. In actual fact, it was his people who seized him. And from the latest developments, it has become obvious what the intent for such mischief was meant for – simply to serve a propagandist purpose as well as bring the Service to disrepute.


Eye witness and several media accounts have disclosed that the Court had adjourned peacefully without an untoward incident when suddenly the unruly crowd imported into the Courtroom went into frenzy on the mere suspicion that DSS was sighted at the court premises. The eventual re-arrest of Sowore by the DSS was effected outside the courtroom. His lead counsel has affirmed this.


A critical look at the videos in circulation would convince any objective viewer that there was no DSS personnel during the entire period the Sowore crowd acted out its orchestrated drama. Its personnel were never, at any time, involved in the incident. In actual fact, it was his people who seized him. And from the latest developments, it has become obvious what the intent for such mischief was meant for – simply to serve a propagandist purpose as well as bring the Service to disrepute.

The DSS, as a professional, responsible and law abiding Organisation, could not have invaded a courtroom including the one presided over by a respected Judge who is not only handling its case but whose Order was unconditionally obeyed within a 24 hour ultimatum. The Service holds the judiciary in utmost respect and will continue to work with it for national peace and public safety in Nigeria.

It has therefore become unarguable and raises a moral question as to who, between Sowore and the Service, dislikes or disobeys the Courts. In this regard, public attention may be drawn to the 25th July 2019 statement of SOWORE that “I’m not talking of protest. I’m embarking on revolution… Don’t tell me about legal implications or what a Judge will say. I don’t care …” On 5th December when SOWORE was released, he had, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja addressed a group of persons who, he reassured of his cause to create anarchy in the country.

It may be recalled that the Service had on 3rd December, 2019 raised alarm about a plot to destabilize the country. It is quite remarkable that the plot has already started playing out. To ensure this objective is further achieved, some persons and groups are scurrying to seize the opportunity of the misleading court incident and the wrong narrative against the DSS to organize an insurrection in the country. They have continued to falsely curry and mobilize international sentiments and attention, through clear misrepresentation of the facts, for their selfish ends.


The DSS, as a professional, responsible and law abiding Organization, could not have invaded a courtroom including the one presided over by a respected Judge who is not only handling its case but whose Order was unconditionally obeyed within a 24 hour ultimatum. The Service holds the judiciary in utmost respect and will continue to work with it for national peace and public safety in Nigeria.

For emphasis, it should be noted that SOWORE is facing trial not as an activist, journalist or a politician, but for his resort to call for violence, forceful takeover of government and suspected transnational illegal activities. It is most unfortunate that SOWORE, shortly after being released from custody, based on court order, resorted to acts inimical to security. To this effect, only SOWORE has been re-arrested as his co-defendant, Olawale BAKARE, was not picked up even when FALANA had promised to deliver him to the Service that is not presently interested in him.

Though sections of the populace have been fed with spurious narratives about these developments, Nigerians and the International Community should not be gullible or even vulnerable to the machinations of groups desirous of misleading them.

The Service is committed to the discharge of its mandate of detecting and preventing threats against the internal security of Nigeria. It supports democracy in the country and will do all that is legal to protect it. It will also ensure that efforts of anti-democratic forces are frustrated.

23 comments:

  1. So now the DSS decided to talk. Allah Ya kyauta.

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  2. In all if this ,where is Sowore now?

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  3. Long and short if it all is that Sowore is still in their custody.

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  4. Our security system is a joke

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  5. Dss, even with the video evidence you people are still telling lies.

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  6. Shame on DSS...
    Shame on the government of Nigeria
    Shame on Nigerians

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    1. America is now showing interest in the case,hence the lies..
      This country is just a big fat joke..

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  7. Lol. They're obviously lying but Sowore has done worse hatchet jobs on others. Didn't he understand who/what he was aligning with? What exactly did he think would happen when they had no more use for him? I don't know how you create Frankenstein and start crying for sympathy when it turns on you. Kai, may EVERYONE who has made deals in secret to ruin innocent people eventually be treated worse than Sowore. By the time they're done with him, some people will believe Sowore is worse than he actually is.

    BTW, if Sowore happens to die - I'm not saying that it'll happen but if it happens - the international community will do NOTHING but TALK. It doesn't matter how many press conferences his wife dresses up for, the US (that denied the existence of Guantanamo for years) isn't going to swoop in and save him from what doesn't concern them. And the UK has her own issues - from Brexit, to Prince Andrew's actions threatening to torpedo the monarchy - to deal with. Amnesty International will talk till they're blue in the face but that's what they do, so what's new? Maybe the old women in the community he comes from can be tricked into threatening to off cloth to protest and that may be his last resort cos let's face it, to anyone with clout in the international community, Sowore is simply not important enough for anything other than a photo op.

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    1. God bless u The Real OA. I’ve always said this , that I have no sympathy for Sowore bcoz of the role he played in 2015 elections that ushered in this Govt . Only God knows how much he was paid. Same with Orji Uzor Kalu & a whole lot of them with outrageous lies, propaganda, bullying, muddling , Occupy Ojota, & much more, just to destroy GEJ & they succeeded in pushing him out. Dirty Politics. They used u guys & now turning against u one by one. Cheers.

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    2. ...mudsling...

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    3. We share the same sentiments on this issue 👌👌

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    4. Fellow Nigerians, the issue is not about Sowore. It is about the abuse of power. I have never liked Sowore but what I saw in that court shook me to the core. Has Nigeria stooped so low as to show utter disrespect for the courts?

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  8. If he did, good for him because he succeeded and got more fans and sympathisers.
    If he didn't,good for him too because I doubt Nigerians will rather believe DSS.

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  9. Damage control.

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  10. D harm has already been done & noted. U guys can’t take away d observations of US & d World at large. Very undemocratic act in a supposed democratic setting.

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  11. I believe DSS, anyone that believes Sowore wants a better Nigeria more than he wants Power believes Nnamdi Kanu or believed Atiku would win hands down. Sentimental Zombies.
    Same USA that predicted Nigeria will break up, you rush believe over a body designed to protect your sovereignity? All because Buhari is the President?? See through your bias, fellow Nigerians and those that call themselves Biafrans

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  12. Anon 13:26, you've evaluated Nigerians and decided we're stupid, hence your intellectually bankrupt submission. No, I don't feel sorry for sowore, he was used when it was convenient, look at him now. It will soon be your turn, continue supporting tyranny because of the minuscule stipend that you get. The other explanation might be you're directly related to the backward mallam, who has dragged the country back to the stone ages. Then I shouldn't be surprised your submission is just as backward.

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  13. And the drama keep unfolding

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