Sunday Igboho: Untold story of DSS invasion

13 suspects Arrested

 

Admin l Friday, July 02, 2021

 

SOKO, Ibadan, Nigeria – It now very clear that the invasion of Sunday Adeyemo’s home in Soko, Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday morning was carried out by the Department of State Service(DSS).

During the gun battle which lasted for an hour, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho disappeared however, the DSS arrested 12 males and 1 female.

The DSS said the attack on Sunday Igboho’s home was carried out based on intelligence that he had stockpiled arms in the place.

“On approach to the residence, the team came under heavy gun attack by nine (9) men, suspected to be IGBOHO’s guards. Six (6) of them were armed with AK-47 gun and Three (3) others, with Pump-Action riffles”, Peter Afunanya, Ph.D, Public Relations Officer, Department of State Services said at a press briefing in Abuja.

“In the course of the exchange, two (2) of IGBOHO’s armed men were gunned down while the rest were subdued and arrested.  Only one operative who was shot by the assailants on his right hand sustained injury. He has however received medical attention and is very stable”, he added.

He said the team thereafter  procedurally searched the house and subsequently recovered the following Seven (7) AK-47 assault rifles;  Three (3) Pump Action guns;  Thirty (30) fully charged AK-47 magazines; Five Thousand (5,000) rounds of 7.62mm ammunition;  Five (5) Cutlasses,  One (1) Jack knife, One (1) Pen Knife, Two (2) Pistol holsters and One (1) binoculars.

He said a wallet containing  Five (5) US Dollars in one (1) Dollar denomination; local and international driver’s licences in his name, ATM Cards, a German residence permit No. YO2N6K1NY bearing his name; two (2) whistles;  Fifty (5) Cartridges; Eighteen (18) Walkie-Talkies; Three Voodoo charm jackets/traditional body armour;  Two (2) Laptops (One (1) Toshiba and One (1) Compaq); and His International Passport and those of many others (as displayed here)”where confiscated.  He said that apart from those arrested, e one suspect is being profiled,  while only twelve (12) were paraded.

Among those paraded are  Abdulateef OFEYAGBE, Amoda BABATUNDE aka Lady K (female),  Tajudeen ERINOYEN, Diakola ADEMOLA,  Abideen SHITTU,  Jamiu NOAH, Ayobami DONALD, Adelabe USMAN, Oluwafelumi KUNLE, Raji KAZEEM, Taiwo OPEYEMI and  Bamidele SUNDAY.

He explained that Sunday IGBOHO and his group, in the guise of campaign for self-determination, have become well-armed and determined to undermine public order.

“This, the arrests and seizures are, no doubt, a confirmation of a grand plan by IGBOHO and his cohorts to wage a violent insurrection against the Nigerian State”, he said and that the briefing was also to alert foreign missions and licencing authorities within and outside Nigeria about this development and the possibility that IGBOHO could declare some of his personal permit and identity cards missing in order to seek their replacement.

Afunaya explained that the briefing was also intended to apprise stakeholders that the Five (5) AK-47 assault rifles recovered from the building are suspected to be those  collected by IGBOHO’s men from Nigerian Customs and Immigration personnel at Idi Iroko, Ogun State.

He told reporters that the gun duel which lasted for an hour offered IGBOHO the chance to escape. “Sunday ADEYEMO a.k.a Sunday IGBOHO is now on the run. IGBOHO may run as far as he can. He may hide as long as he wants.  He might have attacked security operatives as his strength carried him.  But this will be the end of his shenanigans. Soon, he will not have a hiding place. His strength will sure fail him. And the law will catch up with him. The law may be slow. But it will be steady”, he said.

He advised Sunday ADEYEMO/IGBOHO to turn himself in to the nearest security agency, adding that those cheering and eulogising him may appeal to or advise him to do the needful. “He should surrender himself to the appropriate authorities. He or anyone can never be above the law. Meanwhile, those arrested will be charged accordingly”.  Peter Afunanya said.