DSS Wanted Sowore To Sign Death Warrant While In Detention –- Falana SAN

Femi Falana, counsel to the convener #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday alleged that the federal government, through the Department of State Services (DSS) offered the Sahara Reporters publisher a death warrant deal while he was in their detention.

Falana, who made this revelation featuring as a guest on TVC flagship programme, “Your View”, insisted that the Nigerian government reached out for the deal during Sowore’s first 45 days in detention.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) alleged further that when the government went behind Sowore to get an order to detain him for 45 days to investigate his alleged terrorism, “at the end of the investigation, nothing was found but they went to him in detention to reach a deal.”

To buttress his claims, Falana explained that the DSS also reached out to him to convince Sowore when they could not persuade him to take the death warrant deal he was being offered.

“When they could not succeed, they met me and they wanted me to persuade him to agree to sign his death warrant and I told them off. So, when they could not convince him to take the deal, the DSS then filed charges against him,” he said.

While giving clarifications on the event that happened in the courtroom last Friday, he maintained that his client was assaulted inside the court contrary to the claims by the DSS.

“We have already identified those involved in this act of gangsterism. We know them. They know I know all of them. Sowore’s rearrest inside the court was acknowledged by the head of the DSS team inside Justice Ijeoma’s office.

“The judge summoned the DSS leader to her office and challenged him on the incident and he apologised profusely right in her office in my presence. Their claim of arresting Sowore outside the court is a reckless lie,” said Falana.

Countering the DSS claim, he posited that if truly “Sowore’s arrest was stage-managed by his supporters assaulting him in court, was the DSS not supposed to protect him?” he queried.