Court Fixes July 20 For Hearing Of Detained Igboho’s Aides’

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed July 20 to hear a suit
against the Department of State Services (DSS) and its
Director-General, Yusuf Bichi.

The suit was filed by 12 detained aides of embattled Yoruba
nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho.

TheNigerialawyer reports following the bloody raid on Igboho’s
Sooka residence, the DSS arrested and detained 13 of Igboho’s
associates.

DSS, during a “gun duel,” said it killed two of Igboho’s
supporters later identified as Adogan and Alfa.

Those arrested and paraded were: Abdulateef Ofeyagbe; Amoda
Babatunde, aka Lady ‘K’, Tajudeen Erinoyen, Diakola Ademola,
Abideen Shittu, Jamiu Noah, Ayobami Donald, Adelabe Usman,
Oluwapelumi Kunle, Raji Kazeem, Taiwo Opeyemi and Bamidele
Sunday.

One of the counsels for the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi,
said: “We were at the Federal High Court Abuja on Friday and we can
confirm that the matter has been assigned to Federal High Court 9,
Abuja and will be coming up for hearing on Tuesday the 20th of
July, 2021.

“While we are not ignorance of the fact that the stipulated date
happens to be a public holiday as declared by the Federal
Government, we contacted the Registrar of the court and complained
but the response was that My Lord personally fixed the date.

“We are optimistic that we will get another short date since we
are not certain the matter will proceed for hearing that day,
however, we will follow up.

“The matter should have been heard by now, but we are surprised
that it took too long for us to get response on the assigned court
despite filing affidavits of extreme urgency. We are glad the
matter is now in Court 9 and we are hopeful of having a good day in
court soon.”

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed July 20 to hear a suit
against the Department of State Services (DSS) and its
Director-General, Yusuf Bichi.

The suit was filed by 12 detained aides of embattled Yoruba
nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho.

TheNigerialawyer reports following the bloody raid on Igboho’s
Sooka residence, the DSS arrested and detained 13 of Igboho’s
associates.

DSS, during a “gun duel,” said it killed two of Igboho’s
supporters later identified as Adogan and Alfa.

Those arrested and paraded were: Abdulateef Ofeyagbe; Amoda
Babatunde, aka Lady ‘K’, Tajudeen Erinoyen, Diakola Ademola,
Abideen Shittu, Jamiu Noah, Ayobami Donald, Adelabe Usman,
Oluwapelumi Kunle, Raji Kazeem, Taiwo Opeyemi and Bamidele
Sunday.

One of the counsels for the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi,
said: “We were at the Federal High Court Abuja on Friday and we can
confirm that the matter has been assigned to Federal High Court 9,
Abuja and will be coming up for hearing on Tuesday the 20th of
July, 2021.

“While we are not ignorance of the fact that the stipulated date
happens to be a public holiday as declared by the Federal
Government, we contacted the Registrar of the court and complained
but the response was that My Lord personally fixed the date.

“We are optimistic that we will get another short date since we
are not certain the matter will proceed for hearing that day,
however, we will follow up.

“The matter should have been heard by now, but we are surprised
that it took too long for us to get response on the assigned court
despite filing affidavits of extreme urgency. We are glad the
matter is now in Court 9 and we are hopeful of having a good day in
court soon.”