Tag: DSS
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DSS Denies Refusing To Release Sowore
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday denied reports that it has refused to comply with court order granting bail to the convener of #revolutionnow protest, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore is standing trial for alleged treasonable felony. The Spokesperson of the DSS, Peter Afunaya told Channels Television that the Service was yet to be informed…
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Maina Arrested By DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS), says it has arrested the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Public Relations Officer of the agency, Peter Afunanya, said the arrest was effected at the Pennsylvania Avenue Hotel, Utako, Abuja on September 30. According to Afunanya,…
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We only interacted with him, Onumah was never arrested – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS,) on Monday denied the purported arrest of a journalist, Chido Onumah, saying its operatives only interacted with him on a t-shirt he wore on Sunday evening. Onumah was reportedly arrested in Abuja by DSS operatives after he returned from Spain where he bagged a doctorate degree in communication studies.…
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Revealed: FG Perfects Plans To Re-arraign Sowore Before Another Judge on Monday
The Federal Government has perfected plans to re-arraign Sahara Reporters publisher and convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, before another Federal High Court Judge in Abuja on Monday, Starnews has learnt. The government is arraigning him on seven counts of treasonable felony, money laundering and cybercrimes which was instituted against him by the Office of…
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Court Orders Release Of Sowore From DSS Custody
A Federal High Court has ordered the release of the convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore. Justice Taiwo Taiwo ordered his release after hearing arguments from both the prosecuting and defence counsels on Tuesday. He gave the ruling on the ground that there was no order still in court. However, the Judge ordered Sowore…
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Some people plotting to set Nigeria on fire –DSS
The Department of State Services, on Monday, alleged that some unnamed persons were plotting to set the nation on fire. The spokesperson for the DSS, Peter Afunaya, stated this in a statement on Monday. The statement did not however reveal the identities of the persons involved in the alleged plan to destabilise the nation. The…
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DSS is not known to law, they can’t arrest or prosecute me, Sowore files fresh charges in court
The convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has challenged the powers of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) to arrest, investigate and prosecute him or any person under the Terrorism Prevention Act as amended. In documents filed on his behalf by human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN), Mr Femi Falana, Sowore…
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Sowore planned to violently topple govt. – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said its investigation so far revealed that “RevolutionNow” was smokescreen for the actual intention of Omoyele Sowore, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last presidential election and his allies “to topple the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” The DSS said it engaged…
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DSS seeks court order to detain Sowore beyond 48 hours
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has fixed August 8 to rule on an application by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) seeking an order to detain the convener of the #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore for 90 days pending the conclusion of its investigation. Sowore, who is the founder of Sahara Reporters…
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IMN accuses FG of poisoning El-Zakzaky in DSS custody
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, has accused the Federal Government of poisoning their detained leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, following reports of high concentrations of lead and cadmium in his blood. In April, a team of medical doctors was allowed to investigate the health status of the Islamic leader and submit its report…