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A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the 12 detained aides of Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho in line with their request.
The detainees after spending 32 days in the detention facility of the Department of State Services, DSS Abuja were admitted to bail by Justice Obiora Egwuatu in a ruling just delivered on their bail applications, filed and argued on their behalf by lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi.
Justice Egwuatu who dismissed the fears and apprehension expressed by DSS lawyer Idowu Awo that some of the detainees will flee the country said that the detainees are entitled to bail by the provisions of the Nigerian law having been held in custody beyond the period stipulated by law.
The suspects were granted bail on various conditions and will remain in the DSS detention until their bail conditions are perfected.
