BREAKING: DSS Moves Again, Files Application Seeking Court To Withdraw Igboho's Aides' Bail

The motion marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/647/2021, and filed by the DSS counsel, Idowu Awo, on Monday, August 9 seeks that Justice Obiora Egwuatu led court, cancel the bail granted to 4 aides; Amudat Babatunde, Abideen Shittu, Jamiu Oyetunji, and Bamidele Sunday, "pending their arraignment during court vacation".

Reacting, the lawyer to the detainees, Pelumi Olajengbesi, told newsmen;

"We have seen the new application filed by the DSS to continue the incarceration of innocent people that have been in their custody for over a month. It is laughable and turned logic upside down that after over a month in the DSS custody, the DSS still needs more days to punish them. I can assure you this will fail".

Recall that Justice Egwuatu, on Wednesday, August 4, admitted the 12 aides to bail after spending five weeks in the DSS custody following their arrest on July 1, 2021, at Igboho's Ibadan residence raided by the secret police.

The DSS lawyer had told the court that he was not opposing the bail of eight of the applicants as their investigations revealed that the levels of their involvement in the offence of arms stockpiling and other criminal activities were minimal.

But the DSS lawyer had argued that four others, Babatunde, Shittu, Oyetunji and Sunday, should not be granted bail in the interest of justice and national security.

Olajengbesi had, however, prayed the court to discountenance the argument of the DSS as it was unknown to the Nigerian law. Justice Egwuatu had disregarded Awo's argument and granted the 12 detainees bail.

However, the applicants who were granted a bail of N15M, with 24 sureties, have not been able to meet their bail demands.