FALANA, SAN also said MALAMI exposed the judiciary to ridicule with his comments after the release of OMOYELE SOWORE and SAMBO DASUKI from custody.
The rights Lawyer, FALANA, who is SOWORE’S lead defence counsel in a statement to the media said that the Minister of Justice embarrassed his office by saying he directed the Department of State Service to release the men from custody in line with the various court orders, only to later state that they were released out of compassion.
The senior lawyer maintained that the two men were kept in detention in violation of the various orders of the Federal High Court, the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja and the ECOWAS court based on erroneous legal advice and not on compassionate grounds.
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, ABUBAKAR MALAMI while speaking on a Television Programme insisted that SOWORE and DASUKI were released out of compassion because the government, having appealed against the court orders granting them bail, had the option of detaining them until the matter was finally disposed of by the Supreme Court.
