Human Rights activist Femi Falana has stated that the Nigerian Government reached out to Omoyele Sowore who is in the custody of the Department of State Service to reach a deal in the first 45 days of his detention.
Falana stated this on Monday while appearing on a TVC programme.
He said, “They went to a court behind us and got an order to detain Sowore for 45 days to investigate his alleged terrorism.
“At the end of the investigation, nothing was found but they went to him in detention to reach a deal.”
Falana added that the Department of State Services also reached out to him so as to convince Sowore when they could not persuade the journalist to take the deal he was offered.
He stated, “When they could not succeed, they met me and wanted me to persuade him to agree to sign his death warrant and I told them off.”
Falana explained that the intelligence agency “filed charges” against Sowore when they could not convince him to take the deal.
Sowore and his co-defendant Olawale Bakare are accused of cyberstalking President Buhari and planning to bring down his regime by inciting Nigerians against the government.
Sowore was arrested in Lagos on August 3, 2019 for calling, on Nigerians to take to the streets in peaceful demonstrations to demand a better country from President Buhari’s administration.
Despite two court orders calling for his release on bail, he remains in detention after being briefly set free on Thursday before rearrested on Friday in court.
Recall that the spokesman to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina said on Monday that Nigerians were not bothered about the re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore and so the country is calm.
