Under mounting public pressure, the DSS has distanced itself from Omoyele Sowore’s remand at Kuje Custodial Centre, insisting the court — not the agency — put him there, while its director-general orders an internal investigation into operatives caught on video during the courthouse scuffle.
The DSS wants you to know one thing clearly: Sowore’s remand at Kuje? Not their doing.
In a statement signed by Deputy Director of Public Relations Favour Dozie on Wednesday, the agency moved swiftly into damage control, insisting that Sowore’s detention flowed entirely from court proceedings — not from any DSS action.
“The Service neither arrested him nor opposed his bail application,” the statement said flatly.
According to Vanguard, Director-General Adeola Ajayi has nonetheless ordered an immediate investigation into operatives seen in viral videos from the June 22 Federal High Court drama — where Sowore was caught in an altercation with a Nigerian Correctional Service official before, the DSS noted pointedly, choosing to enter a DSS vehicle himself.
The agency also offered rare backstory on how this case began. It traces back to August 25, 2025, when Sowore posted comments about President Tinubu following remarks made during a Brazil visit. Rather than arrest him immediately, the DSS said it sent a letter on September 4, 2025, demanding a retraction within one week — a move it described as reflecting the current DG’s preference for dialogue over coercion.
Whether that framing softens the optics of a viral courthouse takedown remains an open question.
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