Femi Falana, the counsel to Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, on Monday claimed that the Nigerian government offered the activist a “death warrant” deal while in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Falana disclosed that the Nigerian government reached out for the deal during Sowore’s first 45 days in detention.
Speaking on national television, Falana said: “They went to a court behind us and got an order to detain Sowore for 45 days to investigate his alleged terrorism.
“At the end of the investigation, nothing was found but they went to him in detention to reach a deal.”
The activist stated that the DSS also reached out to him to convince Sowore when they could not persuade him to take the deal he was offered.
“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,” he said.
Falana said the intelligence agency “filed charges” against Sowore when they could not convince him to take the deal.
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