• INCIDENTS
    • Nigeria
      • South West
      • South South
      • South East
      • North Central
      • North East
      • North West
    • West Africa
      • Senegal
      • Benin Republic
      • Burkina Faso
      • Cape Verde
      • Cote d’Ivoire
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger Republic
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
  • NEWS
    • Defending the Civic Space – Blog
    • AML – CFT NEWS
    • Foreign News
    • Local News
    • Videos
  • RESOURCES
    • Policy briefs
    • Restrictive legislations
    • Press statements
    • INFOGRAPHICS
    • Publications
    • Newsletters
  • ACTION GROUP
    • Join
    • Steering Committee
    • Members
    • Group Activities
    • Member Activities
  • SPECIAL CAUSES
    • COVID-19
      • General News
      • Incidents
      • Eyewitness Reports
    • #ENDSARS
      • General News
      • Missing Persons
      • Gallery
      • Trends & Hashtags
  • CSR-HUB
    • Blog
    • Upcoming Events
Menu
  • INCIDENTS
    • Nigeria
      • South West
      • South South
      • South East
      • North Central
      • North East
      • North West
    • West Africa
      • Senegal
      • Benin Republic
      • Burkina Faso
      • Cape Verde
      • Cote d’Ivoire
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger Republic
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
  • NEWS
    • Defending the Civic Space – Blog
    • AML – CFT NEWS
    • Foreign News
    • Local News
    • Videos
  • RESOURCES
    • Policy briefs
    • Restrictive legislations
    • Press statements
    • INFOGRAPHICS
    • Publications
    • Newsletters
  • ACTION GROUP
    • Join
    • Steering Committee
    • Members
    • Group Activities
    • Member Activities
  • SPECIAL CAUSES
    • COVID-19
      • General News
      • Incidents
      • Eyewitness Reports
    • #ENDSARS
      • General News
      • Missing Persons
      • Gallery
      • Trends & Hashtags
  • CSR-HUB
    • Blog
    • Upcoming Events

Army Detains Oyo Transporter for ‘Receiving Funds from Sunday Igboho’

  • Date of Occurrence
    November 18, 2021
  • State/Country
    Oyo, Nigeria
  • Details
  • Comments 0
  • prev
  • next
  • Bookmark
  • Share
  • Report
  • Leave a review
  • prev
  • next
Image
Description

On November 18, Azeez Maruff, a famous transporter in Oyo State, was feeding his livestock when he noticed suspicious movements by men in army uniform around his residence.

For safety concerns, Maruff approached them, asking if he could be of any assistance, but the armed men grabbed him, saying he was under arrest.

“He only had a towel wrapped around his waist when the military men grabbed him. He had to plead with the soldiers so they could allow him to change,” a relative of Maruff, who sought anonymity, told FIJ. “After changing his clothes, he asked to see a warrant of his arrest. In the process, they tied his hands and blindfolded him before shoving him into a golf car.”

FIJ gathered that a group of armed soldiers suddenly jumped down from an Operation Burst vehicle to whisk Maruff away. The officers told his relatives that they were taking him to Operation Burst’s office in Oyo town.

Later at night on the same day, the officers came back with Maruf around 10:45 pm to pick his smartphone. They returned him to their custody, telling his relatives to come for him.

“One Major Moses Idris was the officer that led the operation,” an eyewitness told FIJ. “What he told us was that Maruff was arrested because they needed him to assist them in getting to the root of an ongoing investigation. The Major left with a promise that Maruff would be released on the night of November 20.”

FROM OYO TO ABUJA

FIJ understands that Maruff was first moved to Odogbo Barracks in Ibadan before he was transported to the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) office in Abuja.

“What we are also hearing is that the Nigerian army is accusing him of receiving funds from Sunday Igboho to cause disruption all over southwestern Nigeria,” another family source said. “They are also accusing him of being the mastermind behind a prison break in Abolongo Correctional Centre on October 22 in Oyo town.”

When FIJ contacted Ojolowo Afolashade, DIA spokesperson, he said he had no information on the arrest.

Details
  • Date of Occurrence
    2021-11-18
  • State/Country
    Oyo
  • Perpetrator
    Nigerian Army
  • Source
    https://fij.ng/article/army-detains-oyo-transporter-for-receiving-funds-from-sunday-igboho/
Location

Oyo, Nigeria

Get Directions
Region
  • South West
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Freedom of Association & Assembly
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male
Mode of Attacks
  • Forced Disappearances, Unlawful Arrests and Detention
  • Comments are closed.
  • You May Also Be Interested In

    Endsars Memorial: Nigerian Police Arrest Four Protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Assault Journalists

    • Lagos
    Oct20
    • Freedom of Association & Assembly
    • +1

    Nigerian Police Tear-Gas Athletes Living With Disabilities While Protesting Exclusion Of Para Sports In National Sports Festival

    • Lagos
    Oct19
    • Freedom of Association & Assembly

    ASUU Strike: Gunshots as Soldiers Disperse Protesting Ondo Students

    • Ondo
    May17
    • Freedom of Association & Assembly

    This site is supported by:

    FGHR-150x50
    OSF-150x50
    fh
    ford-foundation-logo-150x50

    Closing Civic Spaces is a publicly-available database on closing spaces for civic engagement and civil society in Nigeria & West Africa. Data  is compiled from public sources.

    • +234-814-500-0067
    • Lagos, Nigeria

    Stay informed

    Get incidents as they happen

    Support our campaign to protect the civil society space

    Donate Now
    Donate to Defend the Civil Society Space

    © 2019 Closing Civic Spaces by Spaces for Change. Spaces for Change is a member of the Global NPO Coalition on FATF.

    Images, texts, & other forms of content are copyright of their respective owners.

    Cart

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • WhatsApp
    • Telegram
    • Pinterest
    • LinkedIn
    • Tumblr
    • VKontakte
    • Mail
    • Copy link