The Federal High Court Abuja has warned it would order the imprisonment of the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi if he failed to release the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, who was on Tuesday granted bail.
The court gave the warning on Thursday in response to the failure of the DSS to release the activist.
The warning followed application by Mr Sowore’s lawyer, Femi Falana.
A copy of the court order dated September 26 said the SSS must release Mr Sowore as directed by the court or it would be guilty of contempt and liable to be committed to prison.
“Take notice that unless you obey the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division delivered on September 24 which ordered you to release the applicant, you will be guilty of contempt of court and will be liable to be committed to prison,” the document read.
The Federal High Court had ordered the immediate release of Mr Sowore from prison on Tuesday after granting him bail, saying there was no longer a valid reason to continue detaining him.
Sowore met all the bail conditions on Wednesday, as certified by the court, and the DSS was promptly notified.
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