The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, has taken over the case against the convener of Revolution Now protest, Omoyele Sowore, from the Department of State Services, DSS.
He however indicated that the taking over was not as a result of the alleged invasion of the court by operatives of the DSS in the bid to re-arrest Sowore, barely a few hours after he was released from detention.
Rather, the action was taken to expedite action on the case.
Remember that Sowore is facing trial over charges of treasonable felony among others.
A statement by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu, on Friday referred to a December 11, 2019 letter sent on behalf of the AGF by the Solicitor-General of the Federation, Mr. Dayo Apata (SAN), to the Director-General of DSS, Yusuf Bichi, directing the security agency to “promptly forward all the case files” to the AGF.
The statement by the media aide to the AGF reads in part: “The Solicitor General of the Federation, Federal Ministry of Justice, Dayo Apata, who signed the letter referred to a letter from the DSS office on September 9, 2019.″
It quoted Apata’s letter as stating that “the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice upon a further review of the case has directed the immediate take over of the prosecution of all charges in respect of Omoyele 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).”
