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Shagari Usman Yusuf, who’s the Chairman of the Dei-Dei worldwide livestock market within the Nigerian federal capital, Abuja, has been arrested and detained by the Nigerian Military, his legal professionals instructed The Bureau Newspaper .
The Bureau Newspaper learnt that Yusuf was arrested shortly after he featured and escalated the alleged unlawful detention of 12 members of his affiliation and two others on the Abuja-based human rights radio and tv programme, “Brekete Household” in Abuja.
Yusuf additionally reportedly disclosed on ‘Brekete’ programme that the army had allegedly seized over N88million and 341 cows belonging to his enterprise colleagues.
On Saturday, November 23, The Bureau Newspaper reported how in defiance to a courtroom order, the Nigerian Military authorities continued to carry of their custody in Abuja,15 businessmen who deal in cattle.
The army has additionally reportedly seized over N88million and 341 heads of cattle belonging to the cattle sellers.
The Bureau Newspaper had gathered that 12 of the lads had been arrested at a army checkpoint within the afternoon on Could 17, 2024 on their strategy to buy cows in some communities in Borno State, in keeping with their lawyer, Barr Abdulwahab Aliyu.
Their solely offence, The Bureau Newspaper learnt, was being in possession of huge sums of money on a broad daylight within the freeway (Federal street), particularly between Buratai and Mirngha, within the Biu Native Authorities Space of Borno state.
Following their arrests and subsequent detention in Maiduguri, Borno State, Yusuf, who’s the chairman of their affiliation, tried unsuccessfully to see them on the army detention facility.
He thereafter escalated information of their detention by the ‘Brekete’ Household tv present. He was subsequently arrested and was additionally detained.
“Few weeks after, when the detention of the judgment-creditor that’s, our purchasers was turning into extended, the Chairman of their Affiliation in particular person of Alhaji Shagari Usman Yusuf flew into Maiduguri to see them in firm of their lawyer which was unsuccessful.
“Previous to that, Alhaji Musa Mustapha Umar too had been arrested and detained for having the audacity to go to them on the Theatre Command of Operation Hadin Kai.
“Alhaji Shagari was displeased with the actions of the army which prompted him to method the favored Berekete Household in Abuja to ventilate their grievances. The “Bizarre President” contacted the Military spokesman and Alhaji Shagari was invited to the Military Headquarters twice.
“Paradoxically, a day to the Eid Adha competition, some armed army personnel armed to the enamel, stormed the Dei-Dei Worldwide Cattle Market the place they arrested him, hooded him, tortured him and he later discovered himself in an underground cell in Abuja earlier than he was ultimately delivered to Maiduguri by one Colonel Wasiu Ademola Adegoke 18 days after, and detained with the others on the Giwa barracks,” stated his lawyer, Abdulwahab Aliyu.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Military, Main Basic Nwachukwu Onyema, denied that the lads had been being illegally held.
He additionally famous that the Nigerian Military had appealed a Excessive Court docket judgement delivered in favour of the detained suspects.
“The enchantment is in course of. Nigerian Military exterior advocate already filed the discover of enchantment,” Nwachukwu stated.
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