Sowore: We’ll ensure court detention order is vacated – Lawyer

The national legal adviser of the African Action Congress has vowed to challenge and ensure the vacation of a court order authorising the State Security Services to detain the party’s 2019 election presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, for an extended period.

The order was given in Abuja on Thursday, nearly a week after Mr Sowore, who is the publisher of Sahara Reporters, was arrested in Lagos.

Justice Taiwo Taiwo ruled that SSS should keep Mr Sowore in detention for 45 days. He said the agency will be given the approval to extend if necessary.

The party’s legal adviser, Inibehe Effiong, said the party would soon approach the court to seek an order to vacate the court’s decision.

Speaking on the sideline of a stakeholders’ meeting on an anti-corruption campaign in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, Mr Effiong said the team was saddened by the court’s decision and that it would form a dangerous precedence if not vacated.

Mr Effiong was the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony of the two-day meeting that was put together by ActionAid Nigeria with the theme; “Corruption as an Impediment to Human Development Outcomes.”

He said; “We are saddened by the decision of the court because our position remains that the basis for which Sowore was arrested was not tenable in law. If we hear the DSS clearly, it is saying Sowore is calling for revolution, but we are saying you cannot bring that within the context of treason.
Source: PREMIUM TIMES