Sowore: SERAP, lawyer demand DSS withdraw charges
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN), the lawyer to the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, have called on the Department of State Services to withdraw the criminal charges against the activist or transfer the prosecution to the Attorney-General of the Federation. SERAP and Olumide-Fusika made the demands Read…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and legal counsel for presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore have urged the Department of State Services to withdraw criminal charges against the activist or transfer the case to the Attorney-General of the Federation. The Department of State Services announced on Sunday it would suspend prosecution of Sowore, who was accused of labeling President Bola Tinubu a criminal, until after the 2027 presidential election.
SERAP, in a statement, criticized the decision, asserting that it did not address the fundamental issue with the prosecution. The organization demanded the withdrawal of all charges against Sowore and an end to the harassment and intimidation of the activist due to his exercise of human rights.
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