‘It’s premature for Presidency to intervene in Sowore’s case’

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President,
Femi Adesina, has said that it is too early for the presidency to
weigh in on the prosecution of detained publisher of Sahara
Reporter, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services.

He spoke during a political programme tagged: Politics Today,
aired on Channels television.

The presidential spokesman said that Sowore’s prosecution was
still unravelling within the realms of the security and
judiciary.

He said: “It is an issue that is unraveling and I think it is
still in the realm of security and judiciary. The DSS have a
spokesman in Peter Afunanya. If you ask him this question, I m sure
he will be able to respond.

Adesina said he had not been briefed by president Muhammadu
Buhari on the stand of the presidency.

He said: “As we are now, I think it is premature for the
Presidency to weigh into this matter; but when the Presidency
speaks, it should be the final position on this.

“The president had been away. He came into the country
yesterday. I have not been briefed. If he says this is our position
on this matter then I can speak on it.

“Because I have not been briefed I won’t be able to say much but
I am sure as a media house if you try to speak with the spokesman
of the DSS he may oblige.”

The presidential spokesman added that only the Attorney-General
of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, was in the best person to
respond to some of the questions posed to him by the anchor.