Mr Nwanguma
A civil society organization, Rule of Law, Accountability and Advocacy Center, RULAAC has expressed concerned about “the arrest of Babatunde Oluajo and others by the State Security Service (SSS) since Monday, August 5, 2024.”
Executive Director of RULAAC, Okechukwu Nwanguma, said on Wednesday, that the organization has credible information that Babatunde Oluajo (a.k.a. Sankara), Michael Adaramoye (a.k.a Michael Lenin), and about 3 others were, at about 2 a.m. on Monday, August 5, 2024, taken away by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) who invaded Sankara’s Abuja residence on the said day.
He said, “till date efforts by their lawyers, comrades, and relatives to locate their whereabouts have yielded no results as the SSS claim the same citizens they took away are not in their custody, nor have they revealed where they took them to.
“There are serious concerns about the physical and psychological integrity of the disappeared citizens, some of whom were not in good health as at the time of their abduction. This action amounts to abduction and enforced disappearance.
According to Nwanguma, it illegal to arrest any citizen without informing them of their offense or other reasons for their arrest.
“Arresting authorities have the legal obligation to inform relatives of persons they arrest about such arrest and to release them within the legally stipulated duration for lawful detention or otherwise produce them before a court of jurisdiction,” he said, adding that,
“The arrest and disappearance of Sankara and others are unlawful, condemnable, and unjustifiable in democratic country.
“RULAAC calls on the SSS to immediately release Sankara and others and to ensure that no harm comes on any of them.”
