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EXPLOSIVE: HOW DSS APPROACHED SOWORE WITH "DEATH WARRANT DEAL" - FALANA REVEALS
Afnews Editor
Dec 09, 2019
Femi Falana, counsel to Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, on Monday, alleged that the Nigerian government offered the activist a "death warrantÔÇØ deal while in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.
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Falana disclosed that the Nigerian government reached out for the deal during Sowore's first 45 days in detention.
Featuring on TVC's The View, Falana said: "They went to a court behind us and got an order to detain Sowore for 45 days to investigate his alleged terrorism.
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"At the end of the investigation, nothing was found but they went to him in detention to reach a deal.ÔÇØ
The activist stated that the DSS also reached out to him to convince Sowore when they could not persuade the Sahara Reporters's publisher to take the deal he was offered.
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"When they could not succeed, they met me and they wanted me to persuade him to agree to sign his death warrant and I told them off,ÔÇØ he said.
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Falana said the intelligence agency "filed chargesÔÇØ against Sowore when they could not convince him to take the deal.
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