Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that its operatives on Friday invaded the Federal High Court, Abuja, and disrupted proceedings in an attempt to rearrest political activist and journalist, Omoyele Sowore.
In a statement on Saturda by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, the DSS said its personnel were never involved in the incident.
“Our personnel were never, at any time, involved in the incident.
“In actual fact, it was his people who seized him,” Afunanya claimed.
DSS operatives had disrupted proceedings at that court on Friday, chasing away presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, and forcefully taking Sowore away less than 24 hours after he was finally released on bail after two previous court orders.
Mr. Sowore aand his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare are standing trial for alleged treason.
Speaking on the missing Olawale Bakare, Mr. Afunanya said only Sowore was rearrested, noting that they were not interested in Bakare.
The invasion of a court of law by the DSS has been widely condemned in the country and across the world.
Sowore was arrested on August 3 for calling for mass peaceful demonstrations to demand a better country.
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