DSS frees four suspected IPOB members, pays ₦20m compensation
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By Soni Daniel The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has approved the release of four persons detained over their alleged involvement with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), alongside ₦20 million in compensation. Before Nwafor’s release, three other men from Abia State — Augustine Udemba, Nelson Onyedikachi Udemba and Ifesinachi Eze — were also freed and each awarded ₦5 million in compensation.
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✦He also approved ₦5 million compensation for him.
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₦20 million:By Soni Daniel The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has approved the release of four persons detained over their alleged involvement with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), alongside ₦20 million in compensation.2022:Security sources disclosed that they were arrested in May 2022 while allegedly attempting to establish an IPOB camp in Sampou and Akeddei communities in Kolokuma/Opokuma and Sagbama Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State.₦100,000:One of the sources said the investigation revealed that they had been misled into believing that they would each receive a monthly payment of ₦100,000 under the Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme.
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✦By Soni Daniel The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has approved the release of four persons detained over their alleged involvement with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), alongside ₦20 million in compensation.
✦Before Nwafor’s release, three other men from Abia State — Augustine Udemba, Nelson Onyedikachi Udemba and Ifesinachi Eze — were also freed and each awarded ₦5 million in compensation.
✦He also approved ₦5 million compensation for him.
Key Facts:₦20 million: By Soni Daniel The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has approved the release of four persons detained over their alleged involvement with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), alongside ₦20 million in compensation.2022: Security sources disclosed that they were arrested in May 2022 while allegedly attempting to establish an IPOB camp in Sampou and Akeddei communities in Kolokuma/Opokuma and Sagbama Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State.₦100,000: One of the sources said the investigation revealed that they had been misled into believing that they would each receive a monthly payment of ₦100,000 under the Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme.2022: Last November, the DSS DG ordered the release of Kenneth Okechukwu Nwafor, who was arrested in July 2022 over his alleged involvement in IPOB activities.
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By Soni Daniel The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has approved the release of four persons detained over their alleged involvement with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), alongside ₦20 million in compensation.
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By Soni Daniel The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has approved the release of four persons detained over their alleged involvement with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), alongside ₦20 million in compensation.
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Before Nwafor’s release, three other men from Abia State — Augustine Udemba, Nelson Onyedikachi Udemba and Ifesinachi Eze — were also freed and each awarded ₦5 million in compensation.
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By Soni Daniel The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has approved the release of four persons detained over their alleged involvement with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), alongside ₦20 million in compensation.
