Federal Govt Has Ordered Probe Of Alleged Court Invasion By DSS — Malami

The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that the Federal Government has launched investigation into the invasion of the Federal High court by the operatives of DSS in Abuja on Friday.

This was disclosed in a report published by TheCable on Thursday December 12. The operatives of DSS had stormed the Federal High Court to rearrest Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement.

The secret police eventually rearrested Sowore less than 24 hours after his initial release from DSS detention that lasted 125 days.

Malami disclosed the move of the Federal government to investigate the action of the DSS during his visit to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court on Wednesday December 11.

He said, “Whatever affects the integrity of the court is a worrisome issue for us… I can never be preemptive of an incident over which I was not a live witness to,” he said.

“But one thing I am certain of is that the government has put in place mechanism for investigation of the reported incident.

“So, I would not like to be preemptive in terms of a conclusion, one way or the other, without allowing the consummation and conclusion of the investigation process.”

TheCable also quoted the response of the Minister of Justice when questioned about the rearrest of Sowore who had been granted bail by two courts

He said, “It is about tradition and not a coincidence but then the truth of the matter is, I’m not here about Sowore’s case. I’m here to visit his lordship to congratulate him over his appointment but one thing about the judicial process, I think it is not the only case that the federal government is involved.

“As you rightly know, we have multiple cases and more serious cases than that of Sowore pending before the court generally, so the case of Sowore is certainly not an exception, so I cannot be here for an exclusive case.”