The publisher of Sahara reporters and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore has been released from detention Thursday evening after spending more than 120 days in DSS custody.
Adebayo Bakare who was also detained alongside Sowore was freed as well.
They were released hours after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja gave the DSS 24-hour ultimatum to release the two men.
Their lead defence counsel, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) also confirmed their release to newsmen. He said they were released about 7pm on Thursday.
“They were released about 30 minutes ago. They were released to one of our lawyers,” he said.
Falana also said that the agency had paid the sum of N100,000 awarded against it by Justice Ojukwu for making the court to adjourn till Friday for frivolous reasons on Thursday.
The two men, who are being prosecuted by the Federal Government on charges of treasonable felony, were arrested in August over their call for ‘Revolution’ protest against what they described as “bad governance.”
But the had DSS continued to hold them in custody despite separate court orders ordering their release.
It came to a head on Thursday when the judge, who frowned at the conduct of the DSS, issued a fresh order directing the agency to release them within 24 hours.
