Nigeria, Nov. 13 -- The State Security Service has issued yet another controversial statement claiming on Wednesday afternoon that it refused to release Omoyele Sowore because the "appropriate persons" have not turned up to pick him up at its headquarters.

Mr Sowore met all bail conditions on November 6 and a federal judge signed warrant for his immediate release from the SSS custody, where he had been held since August 5.

"It is only appropriate that those who stood surety for" Mr Sowore "present themselves and have him released to them," SSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya said in a statement Wednesday afternoon.

Mr Afunanya's statement was the third the SSS would issue since last week Wednesday when Mr Sowore satisfied bail conditions, ...