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There was pandemonium astatine the Abuja Federal High Court on Monday when heavy equipped operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, dragged the African Action Congress, AAC, statesmanlike candidate, Omoyele Sowore, into custody pursuing a remand order.
This took spot soon aft Justice Mohammed Umar ordered that Sowore beryllium remanded astatine the Kuje Correctional Centre until Wednesday.
In a video footage sighted by DAILY POST from the courtroom, afloat kitted DSS operatives took power of the activist.
The improvement followed the judge’s determination to revoke Sowore’s bail, a ruling tied to allegations brought by the DSS regarding nationalist statements wherever Sowore reportedly referred to President Bola Tinubu arsenic a criminal.
DAILY POST reports that earlier successful the session, Justice Umar dismissed an exertion successful which the activistic asked the justice to measurement down from the case.
The defence had argued that the azygous tribunal lack utilized to warrant the bail revocation was really owed to Sowore consulting with his caller pb counsel, Olumide-Fusika, SAN, who had formally briefed the tribunal connected the matter.
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