Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, has raised the alarm that the Department of State Service (DSS) had threatened to kill him after his release on Thursday, December 5. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja mandated the release of Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, ahead of the scheduled commencement of the defendants’ trial on charges of treasonable felony.
The drama in court today started when operatives of DSS tried to re arrest the duo at the court. Sowore revealed during a press briefing that the DSS had allegedly told him that he would not walk out of their detention alive.
“It might be my only word on the record before they kill me; this is an attempt to assassinate me in court. They came with guns and they tried to shoot; they dragged me down in front of a judge after I have been granted bail. I said that these are a bunch of lawless people; they were reluctant to respect the order of the court. Now they have shown it to the whole world. “They tried to break me in prison, sent delegations to me, offering all kinds of things. I refused and they promised that I will not walk out of their detention alive; that is what they have come to implement today.”
However, the DSS is yet to deny or counter the allegations made by Sowore. The #RevolutionNow convener urged Nigerians not to be afraid, some people have to make the sacrifice for the country to work.
“What is important for Nigerians to know is that I am not going to give up until every Nigerian benefit from a country that is theirs and I have made it very clear. “Nobody in Nigeria should be afraid, it is our country and some people have to make the sacrifice for this country to be a country of rule, law and of dignity; and this also involves even judges, if suspects who have been given bail are not safe in court, the judges themselves are not safe.” He explained that the sudden exit of Justice Ojukwu is due to the manner at which the DSS operatives had caused a scene inside the courtroom.“That is why the judge had to retire hurriedly into her chambers.
“We urge you to hang around so that you can witness this historic day in Nigeria.”