ILLEGAL DETENTION: COURT ORDERS DSS TO RELEASE IFEANYI UBAH UNCONDITIONALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Thursday morning has ordered the Department of State Service, DSS, to within 48 hours release Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah who has been detained illegaly since the 5th of May, 2017.

Despite heavy down pour in court today, patriotic Nigerians defied the rain and trouped out en masse show support for Dr. Ubah.

Trial judge, Justice Mohammed in a 100 page judgment, ordered the DSS to release Dr. Ubah, if it fails to file a charge against him within the next 48hours.

Ubah was arrested by DSS over an alleged oil deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

The court also berated the DSS for lying to the court that Ubah was arrested in Abuja, while from every available evidence, he was arrested in Lagos and flown to Abuja, where he has been detained some weeks.

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