Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the release of his aides arrested by operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) at his house in the Soka area of Ibadan on July 1.
Chief Yomi Aliyu SAN, counsel to the Yoruba Nation agitator, told our correspondent on the telephone on Thursday that he had filed an action before a Federal High Court in Abuja for the release of the 13 arrested persons.
The counsel did not give the details of the suit, but he said spokesman for Igboho, Olayomi Koiki, had issued a statement on Wednesday that the DSS did not allow lawyers to see Igboho’s aides in its custody.
Taken up on the step he was taking to ensure the detainees’ release, Aliyu said, “We have filed an action before a Federal High Court in Abuja concerning their bail. We filed it today.”
Nigeria’s DSS attacked the residence of Igboho around 1:30am on July 1. The secret police admitted to killing two of his aides and arresting 13 persons, adding that its men recovered arms and ammunition.
But Igboho, who has since denied the claims said the weapons were planted by the DSS.