A
shocking revelation has been made public in a letter obtained by
newsmen of the reason behind the Department of State Security Service's
house raid and arrest of a prominent justice of the federal high court.
Justice Ademola & Dasuki in court
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(NBA), Kano branch the allegation of misconduct was later withdrawn by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.”
Source: TheCable News
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