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DSS Files Terrorism Charges against Blogger who Streamed Igboho’s House Raid on Facebook

  • Date of Occurrence
    September 9, 2021
  • State/Country
    Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
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The Department of State Services has filed terrorism charges against Amudat Babatunde, a female blogger who did a Facebook Live around 2 am on July 1, 2021, when the DSS in a joint operation with sister agencies raided the Ibadan residence of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho.

Babatunde and Noah Oyetunji (male) are two of the 12 detained aides of the activist yet to be released by the secret police despite that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on August 4, 2021, had granted them bail.

Known as ‘Lady K ifeoluwa show’ on Facebook, the blogger with over 17,000 followers had turned on her Facebook Live on the midnight of July 1 during the raid of Igboho’s house by the Nigerian security forces.

Seated on a bed in a room in one of the apartments in Igboho’s residence in the Soka area of Ibadan, a fear-torn Lady K had made a 12-minute video, alerting the world that DSS operatives had “attacked” the residence of her boss.

In the video which is still on her Facebook page as of the time of filing this report, an alarmed Lady K had said, “Please share this video, soldiers have attacked Chief Sunday Igboho’s house. We are under attack. Nigerian soldiers have attacked us at Chief Sunday Igboho’s house.

“You can hear the gunshots. This is about 2 am. They have been shooting for over 10 minutes now. I had to confirm it before coming on this Live. I heard their gunshots from my sleep. I can’t come out now. They told me not to come out but alert the world through this Facebook Live.”

Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, had also alleged that the DSS removed the closed-circuit television in his principal’s house after the raid, an allegation the DSS has not denied.

Lady K was said to be a member of the media team of the Yoruba Nation arrowhead before the DSS arrested her alongside 11 others during the raid. The secret police also said its operatives killed two other associates of the activist during a “gun duel”.

Lady K and 11 others had approached the court through their lawyers to exercise their constitutional rights to freedom.

See below link to the video;

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=330588655325796

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  • Date of Occurrence
    2021-09-09
  • State/Country
    Federal Capital Territory
  • Perpetrator
    DSS
  • Source
    https://punchng.com/dss-files-terrorism-charges-against-blogger-who-streamed-igbohos-house-raid-on-facebook/
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Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

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  • Freedom of Expression
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Female
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  • Designation of Terrorism
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