By RAJI ADEBAYO, Ibadan
Hundreds of supporters and associates of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to demand the immediate release of Igboho’s associates arrested by the members of the Department of State Security Services (DSS).
The protesters who are moving from the Soka expressway demanding the release of families, friends and associates of Sunday Igboho caused free vehicular movement along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway for some minutes before they later moved to the major streets in Ibadan.
They also move to Challenge and Molete areas demanding for the immediate release of the arrested persons.
The protesters are currently on their way to the palace of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji to solicit support for the release of the arrested persons as of the time of filing this report.
It could be recalled that some people were arrested at the house of Sunday Igboho last week Thursday when his residence was invaded by a combined team of Department of State Service (DSS) around 1.am.
The Department of State Service (DSS) confirmed the arrest of the thirteen persons.
But, family members, relatives of those who were arrested and supporters of Sunday Igboho have called for the the release of their kinsmen.
The family members during the protest staged at across Ibadan metropolis on Wednesday described the arrest as illegal.
The protesters who dressed in black attires are calling on the DSS to release tthe arrested persons.
They maintained that the protest is also going on in the United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK), declaring that it will continue tomorrow in Ibadan while other South west states will also join as from tomorrow. ( Daily Independent)
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