Award-winning rapper, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has described the continued detention of the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, as shameful and despicable.

Sowore was arrested Aug. 3 for convening a nationwide protest, themed #RevolutionNow.

Last Tuesday, a Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory [FCT] granted Sowore bail and ordered his immediate release from the custody of the Department of State Service [DSS]. The DSS ignored the order.

Unamused with the situation, Rapper Falz, the son of human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, saying they have “shown a disgraceful level of disregard for democracy and the Rule of Law”.

“This government has shown a disgraceful level of disregard for democracy and the Rule of Law. The Court has ordered that Sowore be released but our government of the day has refused to obey the court.

This man has been detained for over 50 days, obviously without any conviction. Despicable behaviour. Very very shameful. #FreeSoworeNow,” he wrote on Instagram.

 

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This government has shown a disgraceful level of disregard for democracy and the Rule of Law. The Court has ordered that Sowore be released but our government of the day has refused to obey the court. This man has been detained for over 50 days, obviously without any conviction. Despicable behaviour. Very very shameful. #FreeSoworeNow

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Falz’ reaction comes minutes after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the remand of Omoyele Sowore and co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu gave the order on Monday pending hearing of their bail applications on Friday.

Messrs Sowore and Bakare pleaded not guilty to seven counts of treasonable felony and other sundry offences instituted against them by the Federal Government.

They had initially declined to enter their plea.