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Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Mecka: 7:38am On Jul 05, 2021
LEGAL counsel to Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday
Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, Chief
Yomi Alliyu SAN, Sunday, sued the Department of
State Service, DSS, for attacking and damaging his
house, alleging that the DSS operatives went with the
intent not to arrest but kill him.

This came on a day Lagos Police Command said 49
persons, including suspected leader of Ogboni
confraternity and a female Osun worshipper, simply
identified as Yeye, were arrested during the botched
Oodua Republic Mega rally at the Gani Fawehinmi
Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos.

The Police said dangerous weapons such as arms,
ammunition, axes, cutlasses and charms were
recovered from the suspects.

But organizers of the rally, Ilana Omo Oodua, IOO,
called for the unconditional release of the arrested
protesters, insisting that none of the protesters was
armed.

FG trying to kill me —Igboho

Sunday Igboho’s counsel, Chief Alliyu, in a statement,
described the invasion as illegal and unconstitutional,
adding that the accusations leveled against his client
were false.

He also urged the Federal Government to probe the
invasion, to sanction the DSS operatives, free all the
people arrested and also demanded the payment of
N500 million to Igboho as compensation for the
damage to his exotic cars, including a Mercedes Benz
G-Class and 2019 Lexus car, among others.

The statement read: “We are counsel to Chief Sunday
Adeyemo (otherwise known as Sunday Igboho Oosa)
and we have his standing instructions to defend and
act as his counsel in all situations we deem
appropriate, especially where his fundamental rights
as a citizen of Nigeria is violated or threatened, as
done on Thursday, 1 July 2021.

“Every Nigerian, albeit the whole world, is aware that
in his open crusade for the establishment of Oodua
Republic, our client has always preached peace and
warned his followers never to have recourse to
violence, saying that ‘it is God and alale’ that will fight
for the Yoruba Nation.

“We can boldly say that, as people who followed his
campaign, but not necessarily supporting
dismemberment of Nigeria, no casualty has ever
occurred wherever such rallies were carried out. This
must have been done in more than 20 Yoruba towns
and cities, as of date.

“It must be reiterated, and with emphasis that it is the
right of a group of homogeneous and/or indigenous
people in a federation to ask for self-determination,
following the rules of international law and UNO
Charter.

“We were reliably informed that the DSS and other
security forces invaded the residence of our client in
wee hours of the day (between 1.00hr and 4.30hrs).

“There is nowhere in civilised world that a citizen,
who had no prior invitation by security agent or
resisting arrest, will be so invaded with his rights to
dignity of human persons, ownership of property and
sanctity of life trampled upon during the invasion.

“No demand to enter was made but rather, they shot
their way into the house, allegedly killing seven
people, though DSS spokesman admitted killing two
people which involved an old imam that used to lead
Muslim occupants in prayers and observing TAHJUD at
the time of the barbaric raid.

“A lady among the invaders was allegedly shouting, ‘if
you get him, gun him down.’ There and then our
client knew that the mission was to get rid of him and
not to arrest him.

“This belief becomes more realistic because the CCTV
recorder was off and taken away so that the carnage
will not be shown to members of the public. Our client
then knew that he was to be taking dead or alive as
allegedly stated by the lady among the raiders.

“It should be stated that without any resistance or
shooting at the security operatives, they started
shooting from the gate, ensuring that the building was
made uninhabitable. Also, all the expensive vehicles in
our client’ house were shot at and destroyed.

“The rampaging operatives were disappointed that
they could allegedly not find a single gun or
ammunition in our client’s house, hence they arrested
two police escorts of Mr. Igboho’s guests.

“(They) added their (the two police escorts) guns to
those harvested from their armoury to make members
of the public believe that our client keeps militia, or as
stated by them, he is about waging war on Nigeria.

“Will this be with his mere amulets? People who know
our client for over 20 years will testify that Igboho
Oosa does not carry a gun on his person
“It is elementary law that whenever a search warrant
is executed on a house the house owner must first
search the persons sent to execute same and also sign
the inventory of what was recovered in executing the
warrant.

“This explains why the DSS invaded the house in the
night, shooting everything at sight, killing and
maiming the occupants to plant their illegal guns on
our client.

“We have also been reliably informed that those
arrested were being tortured to incriminate our client
that guns and ammunition were recovered from his
house.

“Sunday Igboho knew that he would be arrested one
day hence retaining our services. He could not be that
daft to keep incriminating articles in his house.

“Our client’s house is a five-bedroom duplex with five
chalets of two and three bedrooms. These were
damaged with operatives allegedly arguing on
whether to burn down the edifice as done to his
former palatial house. The lady officer allegedly put
her foot down against arson.

“€1000, N2 million, expensive jewellery worth
millions, travel documents, amulets, iPhone 12
belonging to him, phones of about 15 others living in
the house, including those killed by the raiders and
other belongings yet to be identified belonging to his
wives were carted away. The only guns were those of
the police escorts of his guests.

“More importantly, the DSS and other operatives that
raided the house said they came to arrest Sunday
Igboho but ended up arresting innocent people instead
of him.

“Apart from being a serious violation of these peoples’
constitutional rights, it is an assault on Section 7 of
ACJA and decisions of our courts in that regard.

FG must probe DSS operatives involved in attack
“We, hereby, demand that the Federal Government
orders an investigation into the actions of the various
security operatives, led by DSS, that raided Chief
Adeyemo’s house to sanction them and release all the
innocent people arrested and compensate the families
of those murdered.

“Our client should also be paid N500million as
reparation for damage to his exotic cars that include
Mercedes Benz G-Class and 2019 Lexus Car. We also
demand a public apology.

“Most importantly, trampling of our client’s
fundamental rights, including tagging him as criminal
by exhibiting DSS guns as his should stop forthwith.”

Yoruba won’t be intimidated, says Kiriji Heritage
Defenders


Reacting to the invasion of Sunday Adeyemo’s house,
the Kiriji Heritage Defenders, insisted that Yoruba
people will not be intimidated from seeking freedom
for the Yoruba nation.

The group during the investiture ceremony of Alebiosu
Kalaowo as the generalissimo of its security arm at the
Kiriji war forest, Imesi-Ile, Osun State, at the weekend,
disclosed that it remained committed to realising an
independent Yoruba nation.

Speaking after his investiture, Kalaowo, said: “I am
using this medium to tell the world that despite the
attack on Sunday Igboho, we will not rest on our oars
to ensure that the Yoruba nation is free from slavery
from whomever and in whatever form.

“We are, hereby, giving anyone, whether Fulani, Igbo,
Yoruba and other ethnic groups one month to comply
with the ban on open grazing law in the region after
which it will become illegal to feed animals on farms.

”We will no longer condone the raping of women and
killings of farmers by violent herdsmen, making it
impossible for farmers’ activities to thrive.

“We are not working in isolation, but collaborating
with other Yoruba groups to ensure that the Yoruba
nation is liberated from the menace of violent
herdsmen and banish those lurking around our
borders with evil intent.”

Igboho should surrender himself —Olowu-Kuta

But on his part, the Olowu of Owu-Kuta in Osun State,
Oba Adekunle Makama, urged the Yoruba activist to
surrender himself to the Federal Government rather
than be hunted like his IPOB counterpart, Nnamdi
Kanu.

Oba Makama, who addressed newsmen at his palace
in Kuta, said: “Well, government all over the world
treats separatists as enemies of the state and as a
believer in the corporate existence of the Nigerian
state; I do not expect anything less.

”I would rather advise Igboho to surrender himself to
the government which will even earn him sympathy
than to sit until he is hunted.”

Yoruba Nation rally: Police arrest 49 suspects

Meanwhile, while parading the suspects arrested
during the Lagos rally organised by Yoruba Nation
agitators at the command headquarters, yesterday, the
Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, said the
suspects posed a threat to the security of the state
Odumosu said: “On Saturday, July 3, 2021, despite
warnings and security explanations given to
organizers of the rally to forestall breakdown of law
and orders in Lagos State, certain individuals came
into the state to foment troubles under the guise of the
said mega rally
” In curtailing their activities that portend threat to the
security of the state, the command arrested 49
suspects.

“They include Bamidele Akomolafe, 52; Dauda
Abubakare, 25; Adebanjo Adedajo, 42; Lawal Akeem,
21; Abdulsemiu Akanbi, 43; Emmanuel Chidiemere,
27; Taofeek Abdulsalami, 25; Adesina Ibrahim, 33 and
Adeyemi Segun, 22 and 39 others.

“Items recovered from them include one pump action
rifle, two locally made pistols, four live cartridges, one
expended cartridge and stickers with the inscription
‘Oodua Armed Forces.

“Also recovered were one Opel car with registration
number FFF 921, one unregistered Toyota 4 Runner
SUV, one Honda car with registration number SMK
248 FC, one Nissan pathfinder SUV with registration
number ABJ 348 DB, One Suzuki minibus with plate
number LSR980 YC, one beaded crown, one beaded
walking stick, a white box containing assorted charms,
some Oodua flags and banners, clothes and caps with
Oodua Nation inscriptions, some voodoo charm
jackets, one traditional calabash containing weeds
suspected to be Indian hemp, some mobile phones,
clothes, two axes.

“In summary, a total of six arms, 18 7.62mm
ammunition, 19 live cartridges and one expended
cartridge were recovered.”

The Police boss, however, insisted that information at
the command’s disposal was that the protesters were
out to cause unrest in several parts of the state.

Odumosu said: “Coupled with the conduct of the so-
called agitators and others that despite repeated
warnings from the command and the Lagos State
government, trooped out for the planned rally, one
could easily infer that they were not in Lagos state for
a rally but another mission geared towards
destabilizing the state.”

The suspects, according to him, will be handed over to
the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID,
Yaba, for discreet investigation and possible
prosecution.

Protesters weren’t armed, Ilana Omo Oodua insists
But in its reaction, organizers of the Yoruba Nation
rally, Ilana Omo Oodua, disagreed, insisting that no
participant at the rally was armed.
It also called for the unconditional release of those
arrested during the rally.

IOO’s Media Communications Secretary, Mr. Maxwell
Adeleye, said: “We approached the Police that they
should come and protect us so that the rally will not
be hijacked. We went to the rally ground peacefully
and law-abiding. We were not unruly.

“We met the Police at the rally ground and told them
that we were for peace but they started raining bullets
at us. Whatever the Police said is a lie.

“The Police did not say those arrested committed any
crime but that they violated an order that nobody
should any rally in Lagos.

“We have a track record of peaceful assembly. The
Police have paraded them that they are criminals. If
they want to take them to the court, fine; but we wish
to engage them in the court. We are calling for the
unconditional release of these protesters.”

Police action unacceptable—Ijaw leader

Also, the Coordinator of the Ijaw Monitoring Group,
IMG, Comrade Joseph Evah, berated the Police for
tear-gassing those who participated in the Yoruba
Nation rally in Lagos, saying such action was
unacceptable.

Reacting to the action, Evah said the action of the
Police should be condemned.

The Ijaw leader said: “We, the Ijaw Monitoring Group,
condemn the action of the Police who tear-gassed
peaceful protesters in Lagos.

”Peaceful protest is recognised under the 1999
Constitution and United Nations charter. The action of
the Police was unruly, they are meant to protect
innocent citizens and not attack them, they also
injured elderly people who participated in the protest.

”The police need to apologise for their unruly
behaviour because if this is allowed, no one will be
allowed to organise any peaceful protest.

”What the Police did in Lagos is unacceptable and we
are condemning it. We also want the whole world to
know what happened because those who participated
in the rally were peaceful.

”It should be known that it was the police that caused
the confusion that led to the injuries recorded in the
Lagos rally. If we don’t condemn this, nobody will be
allowed to assemble in Nigeria. This is against
international law.”

Mother of lady killed by stray bullet cries for justice
Meanwhile, Mrs. Ifeoluwa Adeeko, the mother of the
lady purportedly killed by a Police stray bullet during
Saturday’s Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos, has insisted
that it was stray bullet by the police that killed her
daughter and cried for justice to be done in the case.

The victim, simply identified as Jumoke Muriana, was
allegedly killed by a stray bullet when policemen fired
gunshots to disperse the crowd that gathered for the
rally. But the police denied any involvement in
Jumoke’s death.

The mother wept uncontrollably at the sight of the
lifeless body of her daughter.

Amid tears, Mrs. Adeeko said her daughter was 25
years, contrary to earlier reported 14 years in the
media.

She said: “I want justice in this case; my daughter was
killed by a stray bullet. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
should come to my rescue and ensure justice for the
killing of my daughter by the police.”

However, it was gathered that human rights lawyers
and activists have begun process to take the police up
on the murder
Sanwo-Olu orders probe of lady allegedly killed by
stray bullet
Also, Governor Sanwo-Olu has ordered immediate
thorough investigation into the death of a lady
allegedly killed by a stray bullet during Saturday’s
rally.

In a statement by the Attorney-General and
Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, stated
that a Coroner’s Inquest has immediately been
requested in line with section 14 and 15 of the
Coroners’ Systems Law, Laws of Lagos State 2015, to
determine the cause and circumstances of death.

The statement reads in part: “Our attention has been
drawn to the death of a 14-year-old girl in Ojota
during the Oodua Republic Mega Rally on Saturday,
3rd of July, 2021.

“We commiserate with the family of the deceased.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered a thorough
investigation ohe death.

“As a government, the security and wellbeing of
citizens are of utmost importance to us. The State
assures the public that everything will be done to
ensure that the cause of death is known. The findings
of this investigation will be made public in due course
and appropriatesanctions meted out to anyone found
culpable

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Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Fahdiga(m): 7:40am On Jul 05, 2021
Igboho has a good case against this despotic regime. Nigerians are solidly behind you Igboho

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Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Joromi1: 7:45am On Jul 05, 2021
Just 500 million?
Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by joyandfaith: 7:52am On Jul 05, 2021
Fahdiga:
Igboho has a good case against this despotic regime. Nigerians are solidly behind you Igboho

He has a good case. Even if he wins DSS in court, would he be paid ?

Why was cctv box removed? Why night invasion ?
Why not 7am in the morning with search warrant?
With technology , night is no longer night. Night is like day time.
Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Penguin2: 7:53am On Jul 05, 2021
I’m sure Yoruba elders have intervened in Igboho’s case and DSS is no longer after him.

But Joe Igbokwe would be in Lagos exhibiting high level stupidity on Kanu issue.
Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Baawaa(m): 7:53am On Jul 05, 2021
Half a billion, they will pay the money
Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Seniorwriter(m): 7:56am On Jul 05, 2021
Deep Quote
Citizens suffer when there is a Bad leader in power.

We need young visionary leaders in Nigeria.

@Seniorwriter
Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Kaylet: 8:02am On Jul 05, 2021
Hopefully, when your goat delivered chicken, then, you know something has gone wrong.

He's the voice of the people and the people's voice must prevail in all circumstances.

Even a fresh graduate lawyer should be able to win this case against DSS
Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Fahdiga(m): 8:08am On Jul 05, 2021
joyandfaith:


He has a good case. Even if he wins DSS in court, would he be paid ?

Why was cctv box removed? Why night invasion ?
Why not 7am in the morning with search warrant?
With technology , night is no longer night. Night is like day time.
Yeah
Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Nobody: 8:12am On Jul 05, 2021
DSS gav Odua Terrorists de language de understand very well, ###Pythonese language
Sai Baba = Next Level, 4 + 4 = 2023
Haters drink sniper

Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by ArcFresky(m): 8:12am On Jul 05, 2021
This country nawa oohh
Re: Sunday Igboho Sues DSS, Claims N500m Damages Over Attack On House by Mynd44: 8:43am On Jul 05, 2021

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