Court stops DSS, AGF from arresting Sunday Igboho, blocking his bank accounts

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Wednesday granted an ex-parte motion restraining the Department of State Services  (DSS) and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami from arresting, the Yoruba nation agitator, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, better known as ‘Sunday Igboho’.

Also, the court restrained the DSS and Malami from intimidating, harassing, and blocking the bank accounts of Mr. Igboho..

Justice Akintola, who presided over the matter gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by Igboho’s lawyer   Yomi Aliu (SAN) at the court.

Addressing newsmen shortly after the court proceedings, Mr Aliu explained that “the court has ordered that he (Sunday Igboho) must  not be arrested, detained, killed in the next 14 days”.

The lawyer added that his accounts should not be blocked either .

The court order comes the same day when the DSS finally produced all 12 detained aides of Sunday Igboho before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The detained aides have been accused of stockpiling arms to cause chaos in the country while Sunday Igboho is now being tried by the Benin court on fresh charges bordering on illegal migration, dubious connivance with immigration officers, and an attempt to cause civil unrest.

It would be recalled that the court on July 28 granted him access to medical care and ordered that he be transferred to another detention facility.

Igboho and his wife, Ropo were arrested in Cotonou on July 19, while they tried to catch a flight to Germany.

The court, later ordered his wife’s release and returned him to police custody.