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The office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has taken over the prosecution of the convener of the Revolution Now protest, Omoyele Sowore facing treasonable felony charge at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The move according to the AGF is to demonstrate the government’s commitment to respect the rule of law and fundamental rights of the citizenry.
Sowore, alongside Olawale Bakare, are standing trial on alleged treasonable felony, money laundering amongst other charges.
They pleaded not guilty and were granted bail in the sum of N100 million and N30 million respectively.
However, the re-arrest of Sowore last Friday at the Federal High Court Abuja has attracted strong condemnation against President Muhammadu Buhari led administration.
While the federal government on Wednesday disclosed that it has set up machinery to investigate the matter, a statement by the Special Assistant Media and Public Relation, Office of the AGF, Dr Umar Gwandu, said the taking over of the matter by the AGF is also to ensure the speedy dispensation of justice in the case.
“Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami said that the federal government is committed to respecting the sanctity of the rule of law, protecting the virtues of human rights and ensuring speedy dispensation of justice.
“As part of deliberate efforts to probe emerging issues related to the recent imbroglio related to Omoyele Sowore’s case and for speedy dispensation of justice, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has requested that the case file in respect of charge pending before the Federal High Court, Abuja be forwarded to his office”, the statement read in part.
The request for the transfer of the case from the DSS to the AGF, Gwandu said was contained in a letter dated 11th December 2019 and addressed to the Director General of the Department of State Services, National Headquarters Abuja.
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The Solicitor General of the Federation and the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Dayo Apata (SAN) who signed the letter referred to a letter from the DSS office on 9th September 2019.
According to the letter, “the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice upon a further review of the case has directed the immediate takeover of the prosecution of all charges in respect of Omoyole Sowore by the Federal Ministry of Justice in line with the provisions of Sections 150(1) and 174 (1) (a-c) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)”.
According to the statement, the letter requested the DSS Director-General to “promptly forward all the case
files” in respect of Omoyele Sowore to the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.
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