Court declares Sowore's arrest over #RevolutionNow protest illegal

Delivering judgement in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Mr Sowore, the judge, Obiora Egwuato, ordered the State Security Service to pay N1million to the activist.

Delivering judgement in the human rights suit filed by Mr Sowore, the judge, Mrs Chikere, on December 8, 2021, also ordered the SSS to immediately release the iPhone and a cash of N10,000 which were alleged to have been forcefully taken away from him without court warrant. One of Mr Sowore’s lawyers, Marshal Abubakar, who is of the law firm of a prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, described Monday’s judgement as another victory recorded against the “notorious” SSS.of Mr Sowore and other Nigerians “to protest, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and right to movement.”

It was the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s first major clampdown on Mr Sowore who had at the time become critical of the regime over its poor handling of the economy, insecurity, and other major issues of governance.The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation subsequently charged him and Olawale Bakare, who was arrested in Osogbo, Osun State, in connection to the protest, with treasonable felony, among other offences.

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