Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has reacted after the Deputy Inspector General of Police asked Nigerian activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore to deposit his International Passport and also provide a level 16 civil servant for his bail....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
Femi Falana’s statement was contained in a post that Omoyele Sowore shared on his official X handle on Monday.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!This is coming after Sowore announced that he was told to provide a level 17 civil servant as guarantor for bail.
Here is what he wrote;
“The Nigeria Police Force has requested that I deposit my International Passport and provide a level 17 civil servant as a guarantor for bail, but I have declined these conditions and opted to remain in police custidy”.
However, Sowore stated that after he declined, the DIG reevaluated his bail conditions and asked him to provide a level 16 civil servant.
Reacting, Femi Falana stated that involving civil servants in the bail of people accused of criminal offences has never been the practice in Nigeria.
According to Femi Falana;
“Expecting a Level 16 Servant to own property worth N100,000,000, will be running counter to the Public Service Rules and by extension the war against corruption. It is in this respect that I will act ex debito justitiae to ensure that the aspect of involving serving Public Servant below the status of Level 16 Officer in either the state or Public Service of the Federation or any of its agencies be removed and I so order”.
