August 30, (THEWILL) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has released eight of 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho.
The 12 detainees had approached the court to seek their release.
Lead counsel of the detainees, Pelumi Olajengbesi, who confirmed the development, said the DSS is still withholding four of the detainees.
Speaking at a Press Conference after their release in Abuja, Olajengbesi insisted that the remaining four of his clients must be freed because they had been granted bail by the court.
He also stated that the DSS must account for the two associates of Igboho killed during the bloody raid of July 1, 2021.
THEWILL had earlier reported that Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on August 4, 2021 granted bail to the 12 detained aides of the self-styled secessionist agitator, Sunday Igboho.
They had met their bail conditions, including the provision of 24 sureties.
However, the DSS lawyer, Idowu Awo, opposed the bail granted by Justice Egwuatu to four of the detainees, claiming that they were heavily involved in the alleged offence of arms stockpiling and other criminal activities of Sunday Igboho.
Awo had sought a remand application for the four detainees saying their release would affect investigation.
Before their release on Monday, the detainees spent 61 days in DSS custody.
They were arrested around 1am on July 1, 2021, when the DSS “raided” Igboho’s Ibadan residence, killing two other associates of the activist.
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