The Federal Excessive Courtroom in Lagos has ordered the remand of three suspects for allegedly assaulting operatives of the State Safety Service (SSS) on the Lagos State Home of Meeting on Tuesday.
The decide, Daniel Osiagor, ordered the remand of the suspects – Ibrahim Olanrewaju, Adetu Adekunle and Fatimoh Adetola – after the lawyer representing the SSS, Michael Bajela, pushed for his or her araignment, however the decide mentioned that he wanted to first undergo the file.
The decide then requested the SSS to remand the suspects in custody pending their arraignment scheduled for Wednesday.
The suspects are reportedly employees of the state’s meeting.
Backstory
Controversy has continued to path the presence and actions of officers of the SSS on the state meeting’s advanced.
Following the elimination of Mudashiru Obasa because the Speaker of the state’s meeting, there was palpable concern that he would possibly return to the advanced to forcefully regain the speakership seat on on 18 February.
Whereas the lawmakers condemned the presence of the SSS operatives, saying it was meant to forestall them from doing their work, officers of the company shared an unsigned assertion, credited to the company, saying its operatives had been within the constructing as a result of they had been invited by the meeting’s supervisor to forestall the breakdown of regulation and order.
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The assertion mentioned the SSS was invited to take care of regulation and order, following the suspicions that the ousted Speaker would try and foment bother.
It mentioned the meeting additionally requested elevated safety presence and strict entry management inside and out of doors the premises, efficient from Sunday, 16 February.
Nevertheless, a video seen by PREMIUM TIMES reveals that the lawmakers bodily resisted the SSS officers from occupying the meeting advanced.
Within the video, armed SSS officers compelled their means into the meeting chamber by way of a again entrance regardless of resistance from the lawmakers.
Six counts
Within the case, marked FHC/L/273C/2025 and dated 24 February, filed on Tuesday, the SSS accused the suspects, alongside others mentioned to be at massive, of conspiring to assault its officers whereas they had been performing their official duties, “with none affordable excuse.”
In response to the doc reviewed by PREMIUM TIMES, the safety company filed a complete of six fees in opposition to the suspects.
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The prosecution alleged that on 17 February, on the Lagos State Home of Meeting, the three defendants did “support and abet
to commit a felony, to wit: obstructing the officers of State Safety Service (SSS) whereas performing their
official responsibility with none affordable trigger, you thereby dedicated an offence opposite to Part 27 (1) (b) of the cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, and so forth Act,
2015 (as amended), 2024 and punishable beneath the principal offence beneath this Act.”
They had been additionally accused of cyberstalking amongst themselves by recording and sending false data to social media and circulating the identical to the entire nation for the aim of inflicting a breakdown of regulation and order amongst the folks with none justification.
The SSS mentioned that the defendants conspired amongst themselves to commit felony by way of “willful misdirection of digital messages to social media for the aim of embarrassing the State Safety Service and its officers…”
Moreover, they accused Mr Olanrewaju and Adetu of utilizing their cell gadgets to “document false data” and circulating the identical on social media to embarrass the safety company.
The offences allegedly contravened sections 516 of the Felony Code Act, Legal guidelines of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, in addition to sections 27(1)(b), 24(1)(b), 24(c)(i), and 11 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, and so forth.) Act, 2015 (as amended), 2024.
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