Adeniyi Ademola, a judge of the federal high court Abuja, says he
was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) because he granted Sambo
Dasuki bail and freed Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Independent People of Biafra
(IPOB) leader.
Last weekend, some judges’ homes were raided by the DSS on allegations of corruption.
But in a letter dated October 11, addressed to Mahmoud Mohammed,
chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ademola said he was held for over 24 hours
before he was told the reason why he was brought to the DSS office.
“…Upon signing the document, they told me that I am under arrest
and ordered me with guns still pointed at me to move outside. As I was going,
they told me they were taking me to their office, Department of State Services
(DSS) office, without showing any warrant of arrest,” the letter read.
“I obeyed them and about six o’clock in the morning, I was whisked
away from my residence to the DSS office without any warrant of arrest or
reason for my arrest.
“From the time of my arrival at the DSS office, at about 6:45am on
8/10/2016, I was not told what my crime was for over 24 hours till the evening
of 9/10/2016.
“A DSS officially finally informed me that the search of my arrest
were based on these three allegations; petition of Hon. Jenkins Duvie dated 4th
of April 2016 to the National Judicial Council (NJC); granting bail to Col.
Sambo Dasuki and the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu; and using my office
to secure my wife’s appointment as the head of civil service state through
Senator Bola Tinubu.”
Ademola said he saw his arrest as revenge from Abubakar Malami,
attorney-general of the federation (AGF), whose arrest and detention he ordered
over a professional misconduct while he was judge in Kano between 2004 and
2008.
“What is more intriguing in this whole episode, is that I see it
as a vendetta/revenge from the Hon. attorney general of the federation,
Abubakar Malami, whilst I was in Kano between 2004 and 2007 as a federal high court
judge was involved in a professional misconduct necessitating his arrest and
detention by my order,” he said.
“However, with the intervention of the Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA), Kano branch the allegation of misconduct was later withdrawn by me.”
https://www.thecable.ng/i-was-arrested-for-granting-bail-to-dasuki-kanu-says-justice-ademola
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