A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the 12 aides of Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho earlier detained by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The presiding Judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, who delivered the ruling on the application filed by the 12 applicants before the court, declared that it is clear that no charge has been brought against Sunday Igboho’s aides since their arrest.
As such, the court held that detaining them without charging them contravenes the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act and their fundamental rights.
Eight of the applicants, the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th applicants, were granted bail in the sum of N5million each with surety in like sum resident in Abuja.
While the remaining four applicants, the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 12th applicants, were granted bail in the sum of N10 million each with surety in like sum also resident in Abuja.
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