A group of lawyers who approached the Federal Capital territory high court, to commence committal proceedings against the Director General of the State Security Service, (SSS) for disobedience to court order on the continued detention of Godwin Emefiele, have accused the organisation of threatening to frame them up for terrorism.
The lawyers who stated this during a media briefing in Abuja, also mentioned that the service referred to them as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) lawyers, in a viral tweet by the DSS on their official tweeter handle in reaction to the processes, they filed before the court.
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The lawyers while calling for the removal of DSS DG, Bichi from office for what they termed manifesting open hatred against an ethnic group also resolved to write to the United Nations, European Union, United States governments and President Bola Tinubu and also approach the court for the enforcement of their rights.
In the motion filed before the Court for the issuance of form 48 and form 49 which are the forms to commence proceedings to commit a contemnor to prison, the lawyers said by the judgments of the high court, the DG DSS ought to have released Emefiele from detention.
Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe
