The convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, on Wednesday met the condition of bail granted to him on Tuesday by the Federal High Court in Abuja for his release from the custody of the Department of State Service.
His lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), visited the DSS headquarters in Abuja, on Wednesday, after Sowore complied with the Tuesday’s order of court which directed him to deposit his passport at the court’s registry as condition for his release from the custody of the security agency.
“I am currently at their headquarters. Sowore, having complied with the condition given by the court, I am here for his release,” Falana told our correspondent on the telephone at about 4pm on Wednesday.
However, checks with Falana as of the time of filing this report at about 7pm on Wednesday, showed that the activist had not been released.
An “affidavit of compliance with court order” deposed to at the Federal High Court in Abuja by a lawyer in Falana’s law firm, Mr Marshal Abubakar, confirmed the submission of Sowore’s passport to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court as directed by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, on Tuesday.
It read in part, “That on September 24, 2019, this honourable court per Hon. Justice Taiwo Taiwo mandated the applicant/respondent to release the respondent/applicant forthwith.
“That the said order has since been served on the applicant/respondent (DSS). Attached hereto and marked Exhibit 1 is a copy of the endorsement by the applicant/respondent.
“That the court also ordered the respondent/applicant to deposit his passport with the Deputy Chief Registrar of this honourable court within 48 hours.
“That the respondent/applicant’s passport with number A50255207 has been deposited with the Deputy Chief Registrar of this honourable court.”
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