{"id":69383,"date":"2019-09-26T02:55:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T01:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=69383"},"modified":"2019-09-26T02:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T01:55:40","slug":"falana-vows-to-remain-at-the-dss-office-until-sowore-is-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/falana-vows-to-remain-at-the-dss-office-until-sowore-is-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Falana Vows To Remain At The DSS Office Until Sowore is Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the waiting game continues at the headquarters of the Department of<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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State Services in Abuja over the release of Omoyele Sowore, his lawyer,
\nFemi Falana (SAN), has vowed to remain at the facility pending the
\nrelease of his client.<\/p>\n

The human rights lawyer insisted that he and his team would stay put
\nuntil the DSS releases Sowore to him as ordered by the court and having
\nperfected the bail condition.<\/p>\n

He said that as long as his client was being held, he would not leave
\nthe premises of the DSS.<\/p>\n

Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja had on Tuesday
\nordered the DSS to release Sowore on bail.<\/p>\n

However, many Nigerians had expressed doubt on the DSS and President
\nMuhammadu Buhari’s administration to obey the court order especially
\nfollowing the regime’s penchant for disobeying court orders.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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