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The Department of State Services\u00a0 (DSS) says its officers did not arrest Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, in court, claiming that the journalist\u2019s supporters were only acting an \u201corchestrated drama\u201d.<\/p>\n

A statement signed by\u00a0Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson, the state secret police, said there were none of its officers involved in the incidents recorded in the courtroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has become important that the Department of State Services responds to the serial misinformation being circulated in the media about its involvement in the incident that occurred on 6th December, 2019 at the Federal High Court, Abuja,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is instructive to note that during the court proceeding of the day under reference, Defence Counsel, Femi FALANA (SAN), called the attention of the Judge to a suspicion that the Service was planning to re-arrest Omoyele SOWORE immediately after the court session. The Court discountenanced his alarm and asserted that the Service was law abiding and would not engage in such and subsequently adjourned to February, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, when SOWORE stepped out of the court and sighted operatives of the Service within the premises, he ran back into the courtroom. In a bid to shield him from an imaginary arrest, his uncontrollable supporters mobbed him while chanting \u2018you can\u2019t arrest him\u2019 thus the pandemonium that ensued.<\/p>\n

\u201cA critical look at the videos in circulation would convince any objective viewer that there was no DSS personnel during the entire period the Sowore crowd acted out its orchestrated drama. Its personnel were never, at any time, involved in the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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