Nigeria, June 23 -- Video footage circulating widely, showed DSS operatives overpowering Sowore and forcibly removing him from the court premises shortly after Justice Mohammed Umar ordered that he be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending the hearing of his application for stay of execution of an order revoking his bail.

Reacting to the development, the Executive Director of the RULAAC, Okechukwu Nwanguma noted that if the reports circulating are accurate, the actions of the DSS represent a brazen affront to the authority of the court, a dangerous violation of due process, and a deeply troubling display of institutional lawlessness.

Describing the courtroom as the very symbol of justice and the rule of la...