Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, on Friday chided the operatives of the Department of State Service over their failure to provide the 12 aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly know as Igboho, before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday.
The aides were arrested on July 1 when the DSS raided Igboho’s house in Ibadan.
DSS was ordered to provide the aides in court on Thursday but it failed.
Reacting to this, the Yoruba generalissimo said DSS had tarnished it’s image.
He said, “Our constitution is clear about the rights of every citizen that anybody arrested must be taken to court latest 24 hours after his arrest and such rights must be protected under the law. It is sad and most unfortunate that the DSS had arrogated to itself covert power that usually reminds us of the inglorious years of the military where citizens’ rights have no basis in their law.
“Therefore, the DSS failure to present Igboho’s aides in court for the second time was a flagrant display of lawlessness and gross injustice. Ideally, it is only the President and the vice president of the country that have that immunity as provided by our constitution. So why is the DSS finding it too difficult to allow the constitution to take its course as it is done in other climes.”