Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, otherwise called Sunday Igboho, has approached the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, for the release of his aides arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at his house in the Soka area of Ibadan on July 1.
Counsel for the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Yomi Aliyu (SAN), said 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 lawyer, however, did not give details of the suit but he said spokesman for Chief Igboho, Olayomi Koiki, had issued a statement, on Wednesday, that the DSS did not allow lawyers to see Igboho’s aides in its custody.
Asked what step he was taking to ensure their release, Aliyu said, “We have filed an action before a Federal High Court in Abuja concerning their bail. We filed it today.”
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Recall that the DSS had invaded the residence of Igboho around 1:30am on July 1.
The secret police later admitted to killing two of Chief igboho’s aides and arresting 13 persons, adding that its men recovered arms and ammunition from Igboho’s house.
But Igboho, who had since denied the DSS claims said, the weapons were planted by operatives of the secret police.
In a related development, the Ilana Omo Oodua has said the 49 protesters arrested during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos would soon be released.
Spokesman for the Prof. Banji Akintoye-led group, Maxwell Adeleye, also said, on Thursday, that the group’s lawyers had been working to ensure the release of the protesters that have spent six days in police custody.
According to Adeleye, “We know that they have been in police custody for so many days now but our lawyers are working to ensure their release.
“I don’t want to say what we are doing but i.cam assure you that they will be freed very soon because they did not commit any crime.”
Meanwhile, the Yoruba self-determination group, Yoruba Ko’ya Liberation Movement has called on the governors in the South-West region of Nigeria to add their voices to those calling for the release of the protesters.
The YKLM, said this in a statement, on Thursday, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Oluwajuyitan.
