An Oyo High Court has granted an ex-parte motion stopping the Department of State Security and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, from arresting Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.
Aside from the restraining order on arrest, the court also ordered the DSS and Malami to desist from intimidating, harassing, and blocking bank accounts belonging to the embattled freedom fighter.
The presiding judge, Justice Ladiean Akintola, gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by Igboho’s lawyer, Yomi Aliu (SAN), at the court on Wednesday.
Speaking to journalists after the court proceedings, Mr Aliu said “The court has ordered that he must not be arrested, detained, killed in the next 14 days”.
The lawyer also said that his accounts should not be blocked.
The court order comes the same day when the DSS produced all 12 detained aides of Mr Igboho before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The apprehended aides have been accused of stockpiling arms to cause chaos in the country.
Meanwhile, Mr. Igboho is now being tried by the Benin court on fresh charges bordering on illegal migration, dubious connivance with immigration officers, and an attempt to cause civil unrest.
The court on July 28 granted him access to medical care and ordered that he be transferred to another detention facility.
Igboho and his wife were arrested in Cotonou on July 19, while they tried to catch a flight to Germany.
The court, on Thursday, ordered his wife’s release and returned him to police custody.
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