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Modupe Ogundoro
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December 27, 2019
Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice
Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice

Malami: FG reveals why  Dasuki, Sowore were released

The Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN said there was no pressure mounted on the Federal Government at home or abroad that compelled the release of Omoyele Sowore and Sambo Dasuki.

This was the  statement issued by the Special Assistant to the HAGF on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu and made available to the Press and Public Relations Unit of the Minstry on Friday 27th December, 2019.

The Statement disclosed  that the Minister who spoke to the BBC Hausa and the Hausa Service of the Voice of America said the Government released the duo on compassionate grounds.

“The only reasons for the release of Omoyele Sowore and Sambo Dasuki revolved around our commitment to the rule of law, obedience to court orders and compassionate grounds”

“It is important to understand the fact that as far as the law is concerned and in relation to the Nigerian justice system, one has multiple options after a court has ruled on a matter”.

These options, according to the Minister include the right to appeal the said ruling, the right to ask the same court that issued an order to vary or review the terms of the order as well as the right to request for Stay of Execution of the order pending the hearing and determination of an appeal in that matter”.

According to the Minister, it was in line with the above provisions of the law that the Federal Government considered the relevant court orders in respect of these cases.

He said the individuals concerned were released out of compassion and mercy as well as obedience to the rule of law and not because of any extraneous consideration  maintaining that the Federal Government has the right to keep detaining the suspects while challenging the order admitting them to bail up to the apex court.

Malami repudiated the claim that his office has received any formal communication from any American Senator on the matter and that the the discusion during the visit of the American Ambassador to Nigeria at he event of the submision of letter of credende were not in any way connected to the accused persons.

“Even if we received any communication from them, that will never be the basis on the part of the Federal Government to obey or disobey court orders emanating from Nigeria”, he said.

Malami said each of the cases of Dasuki and Sowore were treated on their individual merit and not in relation to one another or any other factors while describing as blatant falsehood the claims that Dasuki was detained for scoring certain primordial sentiments.

“The critical question that you may ask should be whether there is a strong suspicion of committing an offence or not. If there is a strong suspicion of committing an offence which deserved, as a matter of necessity, to be investigated through legal steps then there was no room for thinking of witch hunting an individual, scoring acrimonies or personal vendetta against anyone,” he said.

He recalled that all individuals that were suspected of committing offences at various levels and at various times were charged to court with some granted bail based on the merits of their cases.

“The time has now come for Sambo Dasuki and Omoyele Sowore to also enjoy bail based on the merit of their individual cases.They were charged based on their individual cases, taken to court, granted bail and now have been released. All the individuals involved were treated fairly and justly; they were taken to court, enjoyed the court’s favourable discretion and they were all released,” he said.
On Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, the Minister said that the Federal Government does not interfere with the cases that are being prosecuted by a State Governments.

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