BY CHUKWUMA NNAM
Department of State Services in Nigeria has on Monday released eight of the detained twelve aides of Sunday Igboho, the Yoruba Nation agitator.
This released came after sixty-one days of incarceration in the custody of the Department of State Services.
It was gathered that while the secret police released the eight detainees on Monday, they, however, refused to release the remaining four detainees without explanation.
Those released appeared at a press conference on Monday afternoon with their lawyer. The released detainees include Abideen Shittu, Abdullateef Onaolapo, Ayobami Donald, Olakunle Oluwapelumi, Dikeola Ademola, Bamidele Sunday, Raji Kazeem, and Taiwo Tajudeen.
Those still in DSS custody are Tajudeen Irinloye, Uthman Adelabu, Amudat Babatunde, and Jamiu Oyetunji.
Meanwhile, the legal counsel to the twelve detainees, Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, assured the public that the remaining four of his clients must be free stressing that they had been granted bail by the court.
He also maintained that the DSS must account for the two associates of Igboho killed during the bloody raid of his house on July 1, 2021.
Awo had filed a remand application for the four detainees saying their release would affect the investigation. He had also approached an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja to revoke the bail earlier granted to the four persons.
