The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DGSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, has ordered the discharge of 4 suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) simply as every suspect is to get an preliminary fee of N5 million as compensation.
Security sources acknowledged that the suspects; Emele Uduma Ibe, Berefgagha Appah, Ondokeyilemi Aggry and Oyeinmokebebeton Aggry, had been arrested in May 2022, in Sampou and Akeddei communities in Kolokuma/Opokuma and Sagbama native authorities areas of Bayelsa state.
“The agency established that they had been misled into believing that they would each receive a monthly payment of N100,000 under the Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme, not knowing that they were being lured by a group of IPOB members who are now facing trial,” the sources stated.
While receiving the 4, Deji Adeyanju & Partners, Counsel to the suspects, recommended the service for his or her relentless efforts in the direction of safeguarding Nigeria’s safety, notably acknowledging the DGSS’ real try at upholding human rights.
Furthermore, Adeyanju famous the excessive degree of hygiene and professionalism inside the service, being the most effective he has witnessed in over 20 years of interacting with DSS personnel. He reiterated his earlier public assertion that President Bola Tinubu made the fitting selection in appointing Mr Ajayi as DGSS.
