Days after Department of State Services (DSS) has refused to honor court order that granted Omoyele Sowore bail, Activist Deji Adeyanju has reacted to the alleged plans by the Federal Government to drag Justice Taiwo Taiwo before the National Judicial Council for granting Omoyele Sowore bail.
WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported that the Department of State Service (DSS) is still holding activist and Convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, in its custody four days after the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his release.
In a statement released by Deji Adeyanju, the formest activist said that he is not surprised or shocked that FG did not release Sowore nor further plan to drag Justice Taiwo Taiwo to National Judicial Council because it has a history of ”never obeying court orders”.
The statement reads thus;
My attention has just been drawn to a plot to drag Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal H/Court number 10, the courageous judge who granted Omoyele Sowore bail before National Judicial Council instead of obeying the order of court. ?Though this should come as a rude shock to every patriotic citizen of our country but I am not surprised.
This government since its inception has done the unthinkable and have consistently disobeyed valid court orders. This is a government that has no regard for the rule of law or respect for the doctrine of separation of powers which is the hallmark of constitutional democracy. Besides, this particular judge is one of their compliance judge who has given many favorable judgments to the government since 2015 including the initial 45 days detention order of Sowore which the government hurriedly complied with, so why get angry now because he turned again them this time.
?CJN Tanko and every lover of democracy must save the judiciary from this assault of tyranny. ?Like I always say, it does not matter whose right is being violated, once we see a violation of the rights of others, we must rise up in their defense. If not, this tyranny is enough to go round. Let me conclude by quoting the words of the Magna Carta “No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way harmed, nor will we go upon him nor will we send upon him, except by the legal judgement of his peers or by the law of the land. To none will we sell, to none deny or delay, right or justice.” The difference between a jungle and a nation is the rule of law and we must ensure our country is governed on the basis of this.
