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  Four of the agitators were grant bail with the sum of N10million each and two sureties in like sum who must have a verifiable means of identification while the remaining eight were granted bail with the sum of N5million each with one surety each whom must be a civil servant. The sureties must be residents of Abuja. Justice Obiora Egwaatu while ruling on the enforcement of fundamental rights suit filed by their lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, held that since there was no charge brought against the applicants who had been detained for Olajeng ESIconditionally. Olajengbesi made the plea following the production of the 12 detainees before Justice Obiora Egwuatu on Wednesday.  It  was reported that the applicants who had been in the detention of the Department of State Service (DSS) since July 2, had approached the court through their lawyer to seek for the enforcement of their fundamental rights. Olajengbesi had told the court that contrary to the Section 35(4) of the Constitut...

Despite a court order to produce them today, the Department of State Services has stated that it is holding 12 persons arrested during a midnight raid on the Ibadan home of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, more commonly called Sunday Igboho, because it is still investigating them. According to the DSS in a detention order it got from a Magistrate Court on July 19 by Justice Mohammed Zubairu, thedefiant secret police stated that the aides were believed to have committed “ the offences of treasonable crimes, illegal possession of firearms” among others. The DSS had on July 1 raided Igboho’s residence in Oyo. Peter Afunanya, the DSS spokesman, had said the security agency recovered illegal arms including seven AK-47 rifles and thousands of ammunition from Igboho’s house. The agency also paraded 12 supporters of the activist, saying they allegedly attacked DSS operatives during the raid. The supporters were subsequently moved to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they had bee...

 Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic with the country’s passport, SaharaReporters has gathered. A  source said Igboho had a Benin Republic passport and was trying to flee to Germany before he was arrested on Monday night by security operatives. “He was boarding a plane to Germany with his Benin Republic passport to meet his family when he was arrested. Remember his second wife and six of his children live in Germany,”the source said. The Department of State Services (DSS) had on July 1 raided the residence of Igboho in Ibadan, Oyo State. Igboho had planned a “Yoruba Nation Rally” in Lagos two days before the raid. The DSS had raided the residence, killing two people and arresting 12 aides but Igboho escaped. The agency alleged that Igboho was stockpiling weapons, and subsequently declared him wanted. The agitator has been on the run since the raid. The Nigerian government had said the agitator was working at getting a new passpor...

   The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the invasion of the residence of Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho by the Department of State Services (DSS).  IPOB described the attack on Igboho’s Soka residence in Ibadan, as barbaric and unacceptable. IPOB, in a statement issued by the spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful, also alleged that the Fulani and their collaborators are trying to bring catastrophe to Nigeria. The group asked the Nigerian government and security agents, especially the DSS, to stop taking it for granted. A statement by Powerful reads: “ We the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ably led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, condemn the recent attack and massacre of peaceful and unarmed citizens of Odua people in the house of Sunday Igboho in his country home in Ibadan, Oyo State. Sunday Igboho has not killed anybody. Nigerian government and her security operatives invaded his home and kidnappe...