{"id":40796,"date":"2021-03-02T15:44:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T15:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40796"},"modified":"2021-03-02T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T15:44:06","slug":"sowore-takes-juju-man-to-court-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40796","title":{"rendered":"Sowore takes \u2018juju man\u2019 to court hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-21.jpg\" alt=\"Sowore takes \u2018juju man\u2019 to court hearing\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore, shocked some people on Monday when he appeared in court with a man in \u2018juju\u2019 attire by his side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was in court to contest his unlawful detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ripples Nigeria had reported that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in February adjourned the fundamental rights enforcement suits filed by the human rights activists,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/sowores-arrest-a-dangerous-move-towards-totalitarian-oppression-northern-groups\/\">Sowore<\/a>\u00a0and Olawale Bakare, against the Department of State Services and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Federation, Abubakar Malami, over their unlawful detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matter has been fraught with several adjournments since November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, during his appearance on Tuesday, a man clad in an attire worn by adherents of the African traditional religion (juju) accompanied Sowore to his court hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This elicited various hilarious opinions from observers on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhy the juju man come dey humble, may be him know say this APC administration no get joy at all. Prison is just a stone throw from the courtroom if the gods misbehave, \u201d @AustineElectt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJudge go fear to give judgement against Sowore to avoid getting craze as palliative,\u201d @GbasGbos9ja stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@ayoolaamao said, \u201cThis is no news\u2026.. There are three major religions here I presume; would you have found faults in what a Christian Clergy man or an Islamic Cleric wore were they to be the ones that went with him to the court?\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/?print-my-blog=1&amp;post-type=post&amp;statuses%5B%5D=publish&amp;rendering_wait=0&amp;columns=1&amp;font_size=normal&amp;image_size=medium&amp;links=parens&amp;show_site_title=1&amp;show_site_url=1&amp;show_date_printed=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_date=1&amp;show_categories=1&amp;show_featured_image=1&amp;show_content=1&amp;format=print&amp;pmb-post=284425\">Print&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore, shocked some people on Monday when he appeared in court with a man in \u2018juju\u2019 attire by his side. He was in court to contest his unlawful detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) in 2020. 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