DSS Allegedly Invades Court Despite Judge’s Warning.

Operatives of the Department of State Services have invaded an Ogun State

High Court sitting in Ilaro and arrested two defendants despite the judge’s

warning.

The court was presided over by Justice AA Shobayo, while, the defendants,

who were simply identified as Alhaji Isiaka Fatai and Samuel Oyero, were

tried in a suit between the State and Awode Oladosu & 13 others.

The case was reported to be a result of a crisis that recently broke out in the

Agosasa community in the Ipokia Local Government Area of the state over an

Obaship tussle which led to the destruction of property worth billions of

naira and loss of life, and when the hearing was ongoing, operatives of the

DSS stormed the court premises and took away the suspects.

Confirming the incident, Counsel to Alhaji Isiaka, Kehinde Bamiwola, in a

statement, alleged that men of the DSS operatives used weapons on the two,

stressing that “Alhaji Isiaka Fatai was beaten, slapped, man-handled, rough-

handled and molested.”

Corroborating Bamiwola’s claim, the Principal Registrar of the High Court and

Sectional Head of High Court, Ilaro, Omololu Olusanya, confirmed the

incident, describing it as shocking and disrespectful to the rule of law, and

stressed that even after the judge had ordered the operatives not to make

any arrest within the court premises, they still proceeded to arrest the two

persons.