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Nigeria’s secret police says only sureties can secure Sowore’s release
The convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, would only be released if there is proper documentation of persons willing to bail him, the Department of State Services (DSS) said on Tuesday.
The DSS Spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who disclosed this at a media conference in Abuja, said the agency was prepared to release Sowore in line with the bail granted him by the court but waiting for persons to take his delivery through proper documentation.
According to him, the activist was granted bail by the court and the DSS has received the order, but people who should take his delivery through proper documentation have refused to show up at the agency office in Abuja.
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He said claims by some individuals that they were at DSS to take Sowore’s delivery without seeing officials of the DSS were not true.
Afunanya said the DSS would not release Sowore to miscreants, protesters, and persons who were not qualified to stand for proper documentation for his release.
He expressed dissatisfaction with the unruly behaviour of protesters who last week tried to force themselves into the DSS facility to secure the activist’s release.
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