We Are Still Probing Sowore’s Phones For Connections With Terrorists, DSS Tell Court
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that they are still investigating the mobile phones seized from Omoyele Sowore, the human rights activist. Information Guide Nigeria
Sowore is the publisher of SaharaReporters and had instituted a suit against the DSS to compel the agency to return his phones seized since August 2019 when he was first arrested.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to CanadaIn a statement by Sowore’s lawyer, Mrs. Funmi Falana, she prodded the DSS lawyer on the illegality of the seizures.
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The DSS told Justice Chikere that the phones were “recovered” during his arrest and not seized.
DSS added that the phones were still being investigated for links to terrorism.
Two lawyers from the Ministry of Justice also argued that they were raising preliminary objection to the lawsuit because Sowore was undergoing trial before another federal judge. jamb results
Falana, however, faulted the positions, while informing the judge that apart from not obtaining a court order to seize the phones, the government had also refused to return the phones and monies despite entreaties.
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She further stated that the charge sheets produced in court did not state that the phones were part of the evidence before the federal judge.
She urged the judge to dismiss the preliminary objections and order the return of Sowore’s phones as well as pay N20 million in damages to the applicant.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to CanadaJustice Chikere adjourned the case for ruling on December 8, 2021.
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