Like Kanu, DSS Fails To Produce Sunday Igboho’s Aides In Court
Just like it failed to produce the leader of the […]
Just like it failed to produce the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB Nnamdi Kanu in court a few days ago, the Department of State Services DSS has also failed to produce Sunday Igboho’s aides for their hearing.
The new counsel to the Federal Government, Mohammed Abubakar had stunned the court when he announced that Kanu had not been brought before the court. This action of the DSS forced the Federal High Court to postpone Kanu’s trial.This same fate has fallen the arrested and detained 12 Sunday Igboho’ aides. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/647/2021, Justice Egwuatu had ordered the DSS to produce the detained aides of Igboho in court. The counsel to the DSS, I. Awo, however, informed the court of the absence of the 12 aides.
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Staring that the DSS has no intention of disobeying the court’s order, Awo stated that there were facts that were necessary for the court to be aware of regarding the matter. According to him, 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.The counsel to the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi, will not have this and alleged that the DSS had given the applicants new names as there are discrepancies in the spelling of their names.
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja then adjourned the suit brought by 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Obiora Egwuatu also ordered that the DSS should grant the lawyer to the detained aides access to his clients. TRENDING VIDEO OF THE DAY: Buhari Is After My Life For Defending The Yoruba Nation – Sunday Igboho Photos Credit: Getty