The group described the leaked video as “contempt of court, a mockery of our judicial system, and, above all, a breach of national security,” which it said could make an offender spend up to 32 years behind bars. According to a statement by the group, the video, which it said was ostensibly leaked by the defendant (Sowore), exposed the identity of the secret service agent, thereby breaching the National Security Agencies Act (1986) and the Official Secrets Act (1962). “In Nigeria, blowing the cover of a secret service agent, who swore to an oath of secrecy, is both a breach of both the National Security Agencies Act (1986) and the Official Secrets Act of 1962,” stated the group. However, with the leaked footage of a secret service agent, he could face a more serious charge of breaching the National Security Agencies Act (1986) and the Official Secrets Act of 1962,” noted the group in the statement. Personnel of the DSS are bound by a strict oath of secrecy to protect national security, official documents, and classified information, the reason people like Sowore often like call the agency ‘secret police'”.