Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters has asked the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, the State Security Service (SSS) and counsel to Omoyele Sowore, Femi Falana, to submit their testimonies on the alleged invasion of a Federal High Court within 24 hours.

The committee also asked the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, the Chief Judge of Federal High Court and the presiding judge at the time of the invasion, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, for the same report.

SSS operatives invaded the Federal High Court in Abuja to rearrest the Publisher of SaharaReporters, Mr Sowore, a few hours after he was released on December 6.

Each of the memoranda i...