A new book reveals how Yemi Osinbajo confronted the DSS over its defiance of a court order on Sowore’s release in 2019
A new book by journalist Richard Akinnola has revealed how former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, clashed with the Department of State Services (DSS) over the detention of Omoyele Sowore during the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The book, I WRITE WHAT I LIKE, details events in 2019 when the DSS repeatedly ignored a court order granting Sowore bail. According to Akinnola, Osinbajo privately expressed disapproval, saying “he could not be around when such an order was being flouted.”
The DSS allegedly told Osinbajo “there could not be two presidents,” referencing his 2018 dismissal of Lawal Daura as DSS Director-General while serving as acting president. Despite tensions, Akinnola said Osinbajo eventually intervened, leading to Sowore’s release on the same day he visited.
The 198-page book, a compilation of Akinnola’s Facebook posts from 2017 to 2025, will be unveiled on September 13 at the Airport Hotel, Lagos, during the author’s 67th birthday summit.