The embattled Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Igboho, has demanded the payment of N500 million, as compensation for the damages done to his exotic cars and other properties in his home, by Operatives of the Department of State Security Services, DSS, when they raided his home in the early hours of Thursday, .
Yomi Alliyu, SAN, the Counsel to Igboho, in a reaction to the invasion of his Client’s residence, also asked the Federal Government to order for an investigation into the invasion, with a view to sanction the DSS Operatives.
In a letter, he further demanded the release of all the people arrested at Igboho’s residence, by the DSS Operatives during the invasion.
Alliyu, while describing as “grossly illegal and unconstitutional”, the invasion of the his Client’s house by the Operatives of the DSS, stated that the claims of the DSS Operatives was a total falsehood, declaring that the said recovered ammunition were planted in his house, to frame him up.
The letter reads in part: “We hereby demand that the Federal Government orders an investigation into the actions of the various Security Operatives, led by DSS, that raided Chief Sunday Adeyemo’s house, with a view to sanctioning them, and release all the innocent people arrested, and compensate the families of those murdered.
“Our client should also be paid N500 million, as reparation for damage to his exotic cars, that include Mercedes Benz G-Class and 2019 Lexus Car. We also demand a public apology.
“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.
“We can boldly say that, as people who followed his campaign, but not necessarily supporting dismemberment of Nigeria, that 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 at date.”
Alliyu alleged that the Security Operatives invaded Sunday Igboho’s residence, “not with the intent to arrest him, but to outrightly kill him”, calling on the Federal Government to prevail on the DSS to stop tagging Igboho as a criminal, and also to apologise to him for the invasion.
“It is the right of a group of homogeneous and/or indigenous people in a Federation, to ask for self determination in accordance with the rules of International Law and UNO Charter.
“Our Constitution (as amended) also permits freedom of association and, by necessary implications, freedom to dissociate.
“€1,000, N2 million, expensive jewelries 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 in lieu of him. Apart from being in serious violation of these peoples’ constitutional rights, it is an assault on Section 7 of the ACJA, and decisions of our courts in that regard.”
