Senior Advocate of Nigeria Adeniyi Adegbonmire, has denied
speaking to any Wale Fapohunda concerning the re-arrest of Omoyele
Sowore by men of the Department of State Services.
The learned silk in the statement he made stated categorically
that he never issued such a statement neither did he speak with the
said Wale.
He, thus, dissociate himself with the post and demanded that it
be bought down by those behind it.
“It has come to my attention that there is a statement trending
on different social media platforms attributed to me and stating
that I spoke to Wale Fapohunda concerning the re-arrest of Omoyele
Sowore by men of the Department of State Services (DSS), at the
premises of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Abuja, yesterday the
6th of December, 2019.
“I state categorically that I never issued such a statement
neither did I speak to Wale Fapohunda or inform anybody that I
spoke with Wale Fapohunda. The only Wale Fapohunda I know and
relate with is the Honourable Attorney-General of Ekiti State, and
I did not speak to him about the events of yesterday at the
premises of the Federal High Court of Nigeria neither did I tell
anyone that I did.
“I have since informed the Honourable Attorney-General of Ekiti
State of this and demand that this extremely misleading,
mischievous and offending post be brought down by those behind it.
I hereby dissociate myself from the said post,” he said.
Below reads the post:
From Adeniyi Adegbomire SAN-
A friend of mine, Wale Fapohunda, who was in court today when
Sowore’s re-arrest was purportedly effected inside the courtroom
has this to say about the incident:
“Okay, so I was in court today and here is what happened. The
court had adjourned his matter till 11th Feb next year. The court
called the next matter and proceeding had commenced in respect of
the next matter. Sowore stepped out of the court room and suddenly
we heard noises coming from the corridor “leave me alone” “they
want to kill me” “they want to kill Sowore” and all that. Suddenly
Sowore’s people started dragging him with the DSS and they dragged
him into the court room. The judge seeing this, rose and went to
her chambers. The DSS didn’t enter the court room to arrest him
rather his supporters dragged him in with the DSS official. Nobody
chased the judge out, she rose and went to her chambers on seeing
squabbles. Later on, the DSS official left the court room and
waited for him outside the court. Thank you all. Behold my eye
witness account”.