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Leonard Nzadon, counsel for members of the Peoples Democratic Party accused of assaulting an officer of Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services in Adamawa State, has said operatives of the agency threatened to break the leg of his colleague who tried to serve them court papers. The detained PDP members have approached the court to seek the enforcement of their fundamental human right to liberty. The applicants, Yusuf Mohammed, Zira John and Solomon Abafras, claimed that they have been held in a DSS detention facility for over seven days without trial.
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, in Adamawa state, thronged the office of the Department of State Services (DSS) to demand the release of their detained colleagues. The protesters took off from the party's state headquarters and went to the DSS office in Yola where they presented their complaint letter. Leading the protesters, the State Chairman of the party, Barrister Tahir Shehu said the protest was necessary because of fellow members detained since last Wednesday by the secret police.
The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to name state governors, who are diverting local government funds, as his regime has alleged. Buhari had disclosed in his speech to the audience and members of the Senior Executive Course 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that some governors were stealing local government funds.