Famous musician cum politician, Bakole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W has commented on the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja ordering the Department of State Services to immediately release Omoyele Sowore on bail.
The singer on Tuesday, September 2019 took to his Twitter page to bare his mind on Nigeria’s judiciary in a series of tweets. See his tweets below…
I'm so thankful that our Justice System made the right call by granting @YeleSowore's release. Nigeria has a way of constantly punishing the innocent, and trampling on the rights, dreams and hopes of the regular citizens. (1)
— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) September 24, 2019
Every time our leaders do blatant wrong and get away with it, we lose a little piece of our soul. We become numb, we lose hope, and we subconsciously accept that this is how things are and there's nothing we can say or do to change it. (2)
— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) September 24, 2019
You didn't need to be a voter or volunteer for Mr Sowore, to see that this was clearly an infringement on a basic human right and a grave injustice; freedom of speech and the right to peacefully protest is the unassailable right of every Nigerian citizen. (3)
— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) September 24, 2019
May God bless those in our Justice System who did the right thing & stood on the right side of history, and may God strengthen & bless @YeleSowore, his wife & family as they've endured the most difficult of times, while only being guilty of speaking up for a better Nigeria. (End)
— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) September 24, 2019
(Cont.) The prayer now is that our Justice System will complete the process by ensuring that all the charges are dropped.
— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) September 24, 2019
It is interesting to know that the Justice Taiwo-led court on Tuesday said that there was no longer a subsisting order holding Sowore in detention, hence the need to grant him bail.
Justice Taiwo, however, ordered Sowore to deposit his international passport to the court while releasing him to his lawyer, Femi Falana.
