The 11 men and a woman arrested in Sunday Igboho’s Ibadan
residence on Thursday are being denied access to their lawyers.
The spokesman to Sunday Igboho, Olayomi Koiki, said this in
a statement on Tuesday.
According to Koiki, the 12 detainees “have since been held
underground under lock and key, and remain incommunicado from their lawyers and
families.”
Koiki alleged that “all attempts by their legal
representatives to meet with them as prisoners of conscience at the DSS
Headquarters, Three Arms Zone, Abuja yesterday the 5th of July 2021, and also
today the 6th July of 2021, have been rebuffed, refused and thwarted by the
Department of State Security on mere whims.”
He revealed that an official letter submitted by members of
the legal team, requesting for visitation rights with the detainees had been
discountenanced by men of the DSS.
The spokesman explained that two of the detained individuals
are in need of urgent medical attention, particularly the woman among them;
stating that “although the DSS are very much aware of her health condition
which requires urgent care, they have refused to act on same.”
“It goes without gain-saying that we will hold the DSS and
its entire hierarchy liable should any harm befall these detainees,” Koiki
declared.
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