Sunday Igboho’s associates, numbering about eight, were on Monday presented at the Federal High Court in Abuja by the Department of State Services (DSS).
This comes after Justice Obiora Egwuatu in his ruling on the ex parte application before the court, ordered that the DSS produce the 12 detained Sunday Igboho’s associates in court on the next adjourned date, July 29.
Justice Egwuatu also ordered the DSS to show cause why the applicants should not be admitted to bail.
However, despite Justice Egwuatu’s directive, the DSS failed to produce the 12 detained Sunday Igboho’s associates in court on July 29.
The court again, issued a fresh order to the Director-General of the Service to produce the 12 aides/associates before it on August 2 (today), after the case was adjourned.
The 12 accused were arrested when DSS officials raided Igboho’s home on July 1, but have sued the service, saying their fundamental human rights were being infringed.
The counsel to the arrested aides, Pelumi Olajenbesi, sued the DSS, claiming that his clients have remained underground for weeks after their arrest.