The Department of States Services has released rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 general elections , Mr . Omoyele Sowore, the Punch reports.
His co -detainee , Adebayo Bakare, was also released.
According to the paper, they were freed hours after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja gave the DSS 24 hours ultimatum to release the two men .
Their lead defence counsel , Mr . Femi Falana ( SAN ) , confirmed this development on Thursday.
He said they were released about 7 pm on Thursday .
“ They were released about 30 minutes ago. They were released to one of our lawyers ,” he said .
He also told our correspondent that the agency had paid the sum of N100 , 000 awarded against it by Justice Ojukwu for making the court to adjourn till Friday for frivolous reasons on Thursday .
The two men who are now being prosecuted by the Federal Government on charges of treasonable were arrested in August this year over their call for ‘Revolution ’ protest against what bad governance .
But the DSS continued to hold them in custody despite separate court orders for their release .
It came to a head on Thursday when the judge , who frowned at the conduct of the DSS, issued a fresh order on Thursday directing the agency to release them within 24 hours .
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