The Department of State Services has denied that its operatives invaded the Federal High Court, Abuja, and disrupted proceedings in an attempt to rearrest pro-democracy campaigner and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday.
In a statement by the agency's spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, on Saturday, the DSS claimed that its personnel were never involved in the incident. "In actual fact, it was his people who seized him."The journalist was standing trial in a case brought against him by the government when the incident happened.
The action of DSS has been widely condemned across the world by prominent individuals and groups, with many calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to do the right thing by calling the agency to order. Speaking on the missing Olawale Bakare, the DSS said only Sowore was rearrested, adding that they were not interested in Bakare.
Sowore was initially arrested on August 3 for calling on Nigerians to pour out to the streets in peaceful demonstrations to demand a better country from the administration of Buhari.
YeleSowore I laugh at us all in Nigeria, Nobody cares for the other anymore. This government will do this to all of us eventually 🤷🏼♂️
YeleSowore
YeleSowore Please Nigerians are asking for facts .
YeleSowore Always denying
YeleSowore I don't know who's the best liar between sahara reporters & Emma Powerful of ipob.
YeleSowore Prophet fela anikpulapo kuti sang dis song zombie o zombie those dat shud protect life's 're dos following useless order
YeleSowore A longer video of the Sowore matter..
YeleSowore We do not recall anything. Only thing we recall are your steady lies.
YeleSowore it wasn't the dss that came.. they were unknown gun men. we all watched .. they were masked 😂😂😂
YeleSowore Stupid things happen everyday, is this a country? Where majority of the so called leaders of tmrw are brain dead on arrival.
YeleSowore Nigeria lost lots of respect as a nation under MBuhari
YeleSowore They must be stupid
YeleSowore It took the DSS 2days to deny such claim? You have to wait until USA senators condemn the act before you decide to issue statement? Honestly a child can do better than this. There are live videos, waiting for you to tell us the videos were doctored just like uncle Ganduje did.
YeleSowore 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 Only gullible Nigerians will listen to your gibberish. Only u had 3 conflicting stories on that day but now u want to shift goal post again 😂
YeleSowore I was just waiting to hear this news.... They never disappoint 😂
Lying in a digital age. This medieval Goverment can’t seem to function in the 21st century. The whole world watched the invasion and then DSS lied about it. Shame of a nation.
'Unknown soldier' move activated..
YeleSowore Where is bakare?
They would deny their names just to save their shame .
I suppose they don't watch TV that's been watched all over the world
I have a question. Suddenly DSS has Alzheimer? The video we saw was photo shopped. I knew it will come to this but I didn't know it will be this soon.
YeleSowore What a drama 😂😂😂. Sahara Reporters bursted!!!
Na their way. This Buhari government can lie!!!!!
All security agencies in Nigeria have no truth in them, don't be surprised if you hear tomorrow that pictures of what happened in court are Photoshopped, they will say that the trending video clips didn't happen in Nigeria. Lawless society 😌😌
Who was expecting dss to agree to the obvious No be Nigeria wey i know again?
Maybe they are fake DSS officials.... Nigeria my country
YeleSowore Shegu😅😅
So still at this stages of many grown men and women many still find it extremely difficult to reason perfectly why Nigeria some imbeciles are even accusing Sowore for trying to save the life of your children and many generations to come lazy youths FreeSoworeGodBlessSowore
Focus here, make this statement a breaking news!!
So 'his people took him away' and brought him into DSS custody. Issorite
YeleSowore Nothing like invading any Court room, it's just a simple drama acted by the comedian YeleSowore
DSS officers almost enter the court room and realised that this court room and turned back. What I saw in this VIDEO 😁😁😁
YeleSowore why is it that is only those that thier names start with Abdul, Ibra, Yus, Mus are the ones saying is a script. By the grace of God una plan no go work
They think we are mad but they in actual fact are the real Maddddd
YeleSowore They have started again lol won tun ti bere another gang of lies
I thought they've always said they can control Nigeria. I told you guys mbuhari is Not the most powerful person in our country when his people saw real smoke,blackmail and promised sanctions from the int'l comm they are denying what the whole world saw and in front of the police
Are those officials gunmen also. Days of impunity are number in this country
What do you expect from power drunk DSS men.
Are they unwell?
Another tales by moonlight
YeleSowore Nigeria 🤡🤡🤡🤡
It's so obvious we have a very stupid president Indeed.
YeleSowore MBuhari lies, the wife aishambuhari lies, our pastor, ProfOsinbajo lies, officialEFCC lies, DSS nko, they lie, who doesn't lie in this govt? Oh sorry, lying Mohammed doesn't?😏🚶♂️🚶♂️
Hhhh.....Nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria.....things happen like in the movies....
We expect the NBA,labour, TUC ,etc even the NJC to condemn the cowardly acts by the cabal DSS
Awon Damage Controllers and Spin Doctiors trying everything possible to get themselves out of the Jam they have put themselves. The European Community and the World has witnessed ur Shame in full glare. Daura Secret Service Foolishness knows no bounds. Spin it however u want
Shameful
YeleSowore SR herdsmedia ori yin buru.
YeleSowore You know our people think the world is still in the stone ages where anything goes.But they forgot notin is hidden under the sun. I believe one day de Govt and d DSS director wil giv account of d desecrating of de court house and d constitution. Until that day,let dem deny.
Lies everywhere. Barefaced without shame again. How low we have come...
🙄🙄🙄🙄... Say what? They must deny it because na 'D' start there name. F**ls
Na better thunder go light them all, plus who send them. Nonsense
YeleSowore Sowore was unjustly rearrested by DSS, it's wrong, very undemocratic and tyrannical. But DSS did not disrupt any Court proceding, that drama was stage managed after the Court adjorned by his supporters. Peddling lies will not draw sympathy. It's a turn off.
We know this government has a proclivity for telling fibs. So they can deny all they want. You can't fool 180 million Nigerians aside the Buharist who chose to be stupid by themselves.
YeleSowore 😳 How low can NigeriaGov go? And this is Intelligent Unit under NGRPresident’s supervision? Naija don finish! I feel sorry for this Peter Afunnaya; if he’s clean, he probably would have resigned instead of succumbing to this puppetry. FreeSowore FreeBakare SoworeInDanger
We’re literally a joke to this people
this country finna make me cry
Was carried out by DSS ancestors!
The most useless and senseless PR spin I have ever read; full of tactless and brainless contradictions. And this Peter Afunaya has a Ph.D? He couldn't even present the lies he was told to sell in a more convincing and credible narrative.
😅😅 So Sowore has been Kidnapped by unknown armed men dressed in Dss uniform, using Dss Vehicles? 😅😅
YeleSowore You lied
In one of d video I watched, Falana was out of the court already. I don't understand how he was in d court for d next court case. Anyway, 4 those that want revolution, guess u ve seen, from d clip by USA, that if this country scatter, Sowore go enter USA n stay with his family.
My guy abeg forget about this country , can u imagine how the president behaving , I now realised we are in jungle
Took them approximately 40 hours to find a loophole
So this man was kidnapped
Who is now with sowore?
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