{"id":710034,"date":"2019-09-25T11:47:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T11:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/25\/why-sowore-is-still-detention-despite-court-order-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:47:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T11:47:51","slug":"why-sowore-is-still-detention-despite-court-order-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/25\/why-sowore-is-still-detention-despite-court-order-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Sowore Is Still Detention Despite Court Order: Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_642634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-642634\" style=\"width: 581px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-642634\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sowores-presidential-campaign-fund-raiser-nets-97226-of-2m-goal.jpg\" alt=\"Omoyele Sowore\" width=\"581\" height=\"398\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-642634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omoyele Sowore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A lawyer representing the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, says his client hasn\u2019t been freed yet despite being granted bail by a court is because papers need to be signed.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Ogala, speaking on Wednesday morning, explained that Sowore is expected to be released on Wednesday after some legal documents have been signed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome documents have to first be signed. We have obtained the court order, so today the necessary documents would be signed before his release,\u201d Mr Ogala, a lawyer in Femi Falana\u2019s chambers to Premium Times on telephone.<\/p>\n<p>A judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Taiwo Taiwo, on Tuesday ruled that Sowore who has been DSS detention for 52 days be released immediately.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his bail conditions, lead counsel to Sowore, Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, must ensure he appears in court for trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is therefore ordered that the respondent be released forthwith. But he must deposit his international passport with this court within 48 hours of this order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also: How I Found Out That I Had Been Granted Bail: Omoyele Sowore<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther, the respondent shall be released to Femi Falana forthwith by the applicant, that is the State Security Service (SSS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFemi Falana shall ensure that the respondent is produced for his formal arraignment whenever he or the respondent is notified.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Omoyele Sowore A lawyer representing the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, says his client hasn\u2019t been freed yet despite being granted bail by a court is because papers need to be signed. 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