After 61 Days in Custody, DSS Releases Eight of Igboho’s Aides

The Department of State Services (DSS), has released eight of the 12 aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo.

Those released appeared at a press conference on Monday afternoon with their lawyer. They are Abideen Shittu, Abdullateef Onaolapo, Ayobami Donald, Olakunle Oluwapelumi, Dikeola Ademola, Bamidele Sunday, Raji Kazeem, and Taiwo Tajudeen. The secret police, however, refused to release the remaining four detainees.

Speaking at a press conference after the release of eight of the 12 detainees in Abuja on Monday, lawyer to the detainees, 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.