Court awards N2m fine against DSS over seizure of Sowore’s iPhones

It was an unusual scenario when the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, the sum of N2 million over unlawful seizure of his mobile phone in 2019 at the point of his arrest.Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, also ordered the DSS to release forthwith the iPhones and the sum of N10,000 which were alleged to have been forcefully taken away from him without court warrant.Afterwards, Sowore, through his lawyer, Funmi Falana, in a fundamental rights…

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How I was attacked by hoodlums at Nnamdi Kanu’s trial– Sowore

The Convener of the #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, on Thursday, revealed how he was attacked by hoodlums shortly after the Federal High Court, Abuja, took an application for abridgment of time filed by the counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The matter came up before Justice Binta Nyako of Court 2 at the high-rise building. Narrating his experience, Sowore said he was at the court “to cover, observe and witness the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu before Justice Binta Nyanko.” “Soon as court…

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