NLC Accuses DSS of Alleged Abuse of Sowore

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has denounced the alleged intimidation and humiliation of activist Omoleye Sowore by DSS agents inside the Federal High Court in Abuja.

In a statement signed by NLC President Joe Ajaero, the labour movement described the alleged acts as “s unnecessary and embarrassing.”

He said: “We are appalled by the conduct of the DSS at the Federal High Court, Abuja, while taking into custody Mr. Omoyele Sowore.”

“The rowdy scene, bullish behaviour, the mass intimidation by the personnel, and the humiliation of Sowore were unnecessary and embarrassing to an organisation that carries with it a certain level of sophistication or elegance.”

“We are opposed to this kind of drama by our Secret Service, as there was no need for it. Who were they re-enacting this for, anyway?”

“Beyond this, we are worried by the interest of the DSS in this matter and the way it has prosecuted it, as the accuser and the jailer.”

“We have the Ministry of Justice, or precisely the Attorney General of the Federation,n to care for matters of this nature.”

The NLC said it was saddening that the DSS has assumed a role that portrays it as an ingratiating agency, departing from the constitutionally vested function of monitoring all—including the President—and acting to preserve the state or its interests.

“When the DSS goes into overdrive to protect an individual or government at the expense of the state or a party presumed innocent until proven guilty by a competent court, that will be at variance with their oath of office.”

“The Nigerian State is superior to all individuals or governments, and the DSS ought to know the difference. There could be no better illustration of this credo than when, through the diligence of two journalists and the American Secret Service, a sitting