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Leaked DSS officer’s court footage: Group wants Sowore prosecuted
['Admin I', 'Kabir Musa', 'Mahmoud Bala', 'Kalu Okoronkwo', 'Lamara Garba Azare', 'Yisa Usman', 'Clem Oluwole', 'Mohammed Idris']
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
Spread the wordA non-governmental organisation, Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly (NEYGA)has called for the prosecution of the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Omoyele Sowore.
Sowore is facing prosecution for allegedly leaking video clips of his lawyer cross-examining a Department of State Services (DSS) operative in an alleged cyberbullying suit brought against him by the Service.
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.
“In the United States where Sowore has lived for decades, blowing the cover of a secret service agent is a breach of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, and is a very serious crime.
“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,” noted the group.