Seiyefa took over from Lawal
Daura, under whose several Nigerians were arrested and detained.
Among them are
Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the
Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), who has been in custody since 2015. He was
arrested when IMN members, also known as Shi’ites, clashed with Nigerian
soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna state.
Sambo Dasuki, former national
security adviser (NSA), who was arrested in 2015 for “illegal possession of
firearms” and alleged diversion of $2.1 billion from his office while he held
sway as the NSA.
Jones Abri, a journalist, who until recently, has been in DSS custody since 2016, without trial or access to his lawyer.
Writing via his Twitter handle on Friday, Sani said anyone being held in custody against court orders is no longer a detainee but a “hostage”.
“The urgency of now is for the
new spy master to use ‘the key of the law’ and open up the Gulag,” he wrote.
He added that a court order is to
be obeyed being “the constitutional order from above.”
Any person held by any security agency against a valid court order is no more a detainee but a hostage.The urgency of now is for the new spy master to use ‘the key of the law’ and open up the Gulag.Court order is the constitutional order from above.— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) August 10, 2018
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