Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, said the Department of State Services (DSS) has sent another delegation to the Federal High Court, Abuja, to apologize for the invasion by its operatives as Omoyele Sowore appeared before the presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu.
Falana made this known on Monday, December 9, while speaking at the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting event in Lagos State.
He said: “This afternoon (Monday, December 9th), the SSS management sent a delegation to the court to apologise for the invasion of the court on Friday. We just fight injustice until it is over in our country.”
Earlier, The Herald reported that Falana asked the Nigerian Bar Association to take disciplinary actions against lawyers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet over what he described as desecration of the court with his client’s rearrest at the court.
He disclosed that the SANs in the President Buhari’s cabinet are Vice President Yemi Osinbajon (SAN), Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Minister of State for Labour, Mr Festus Keyamo; and Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola.
According to him, “Even though President Muhammadu Buhari has a duty to caution the Department of State Services, the blame of the desecration of the court today (Friday) rests squarely on lawyers in government, who are under a duty to ensure that the rule of law is observed.
“Even though President Muhammadu Buhari has a duty to caution the Department of State Services, the blame of the desecration of the court today (Friday) rests squarely on lawyers in government, who are under a duty to ensure that the rule of law is observed. They have all taken the oath to respect the Constitution and other laws of the country.
“That Constitution guarantees the independence and impartiality of the courts. They therefore cannot sit in a cabinet under a regime that terrorises the courts and subverts the rule of law. It is a matter the Nigerian Bar Association should take up against the lawyers in the cabinet by instituting disciplinary proceedings against them.”
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