Convener of the #revolutionnow movement, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the Department of State Service (DSS) has threatened to kill him after his release on Thursday night.
Sowore, spoke at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday as the operatives of the Department of State Services rearrested him inside the court.
Sowore was released on Thursday evening after he had spent 125 days in the DSS detention since his arrest last August when he was accused of treasonable felony through nationwide protests tagged #RevolutionNow.
However, drama erupted on Friday, as the DSS operatives invaded the courtroom and re-arrested Sowore, less than 24 hours after his release from illegal custody, in the presence of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who abruptly suspended sitting and fled her court.
According to him, while speaking with his supporters and family members in a video released by Channels TV, Sowore said,
“It might be my only word on the record before they kill me; this is an attempt to assassinate me in court. They came with guns and they tried to shoot and they dragged me down in front of a judge after I have been granted bail.
“I said it that these are a bunch of lawless people and they were reluctant to respect the order of the court. Now they have shown it to the whole world.
“They tried to break me in prison, sent delegations to me, offering all kinds of things and I refused and they promised that I will not walk out of their detention alive and that is what they have come to implement today.”
Sowere, however, has urged Nigerians not to be afraid, stating that some people have to make the sacrifice for the Country to work.
He said, “What is important for Nigerians to know is that I am not going to give up until every Nigerian benefit from a country that is theirs and I have made it very clear.
“Nobody in Nigeria should be afraid, it is our country and some people have to make the sacrifice for this country to be a country of rule, law and of dignity; and this also involves even judges, if suspects who have been given bail are not safe in court, the judges themselves are not safe.”
He explained that the sudden exit of justice Ojukwu is due to the manner at which the DSS operatives had caused a scene inside the courtroom.
“That is why the judge had to retire hurriedly into her chambers.
“We urge you to hang around so that you can witness this historic day in Nigeria.”