The Department of State Services (DSS) has said circulation of the video on their attempt to rearrest Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the RevolutionNow protest in a courtroom is nothing but a mischief.
DSS Public Relations’ Officer (PRO), Dr. Peter Afunanya revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
According to him, the clip is serving as propaganda to tarnish the image of the service and Sowore’s supporters were the ones who escalated things.
His words, “In a bid to shield him from an imaginary arrest, his uncontrollable supporters mobbed him while chanting “you can’t arrest him”, thus the pandemonium that ensued.
“A critical look at the videos in circulation would convince any objective viewer that there was no DSS personnel during the entire period Sowore crowd acted out its orchestrated drama.
“DSS personnel were never, at any time, involved in the incident. In actual fact, it was his people who seized him.”
He added that the eventual re-arrest of Sowore happened outside the courtroom and his counsel had affirmed it.
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