{"id":19380,"date":"2019-12-26T14:51:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T14:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19380"},"modified":"2019-12-26T14:51:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T14:51:04","slug":"real-reason-ex-nsa-activist-were-released-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/real-reason-ex-nsa-activist-were-released-presidency","title":{"rendered":"Real reason ex-NSA, activist were released \u2013 Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidency has pointed out reasons for releasing former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement.<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, explained that the current administration ordered Sowore and Dasuki\u2019s release despite not agreeing to the verdict of the court because it wanted to set precedence.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Wednesday, Shehu said the act by the Federal Government was to set an important example to the world that it adheres to the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe government is not compromising anything. The government wants to set an important example of obedience to the law even when you disagree with what the court says you should do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami in a statement released on Tuesday had ordered the release of Dasuki and Sowore.<\/p>\n<p>Malami had said the decision to release Sowore and his co-accused was in compliance with the bail granted the two by the court.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST had reported that Sowore has been in custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, since he called for a revolution earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Despite been granted bail by courts, the secret police had refused to set him free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidency has pointed out reasons for releasing former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement. President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, explained that the current administration ordered Sowore and Dasuki\u2019s release despite not agreeing to the verdict of the court because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[291,158,674],"class_list":["post-19380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-dasuki","tag-presidency","tag-sowore"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Real reason ex-NSA, activist were released \u2013 Presidency - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Presidency has pointed out reasons for releasing former National Security Adviser, Col. 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