DSS fails to produce detained Igboho’s aides in court
The Department of State Services has failed to produce the 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho at the Federal High Court on Thursday.
The detained aides are Abdulateef Ofeyagbe, Amoda Babatunde, Tajudeen Erinoyen, Diakola Ademola, Abideen Shittu, Jamiu Noah, Ayobami Donald, Adelabe Usman, Oluwapelimi Kunle, Raji Kazeem, Taiwo Opeyemi and Bamidele Sunday.
However, speaking in court, the counsel to the DSS, I. Awo, said that the detained associates were not produced because there were facts that were necessary for the court to be aware of regarding the matter.
Awo said some of the names on the court order were different from the names of the persons they had arrested on July 1, 2021, at Igboho’s house.
Meanwhile, counsel to the detained Igboho associates, Pelumi Olajengbesi, in her response, alleged that the DSS had given the applicants new names as there are differences in the spelling of their names.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu, however, adjourned the suit brought by 12 detainees till Monday August 2nd 2021.
The judge also ordered that the DSS should grant the lawyer to the detained aide’s access to his clients.
