Renowned lawyer and advocate for human rights, Femi Falana, has called upon the Department of State Services (DSS) to promptly release Wale Adedayo, the suspended chairman of Ogun State’s Ijebu East Local Government Area. Adedayo had made allegations of misappropriation of local government funds against Governor Dapo Abiodun.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Adedayo was apprehended by the DSS on Friday after he complied with an invitation from the security agency. Since then, he has been held by the DSS without communication on the reasons behind his more than 48-hour detention….CONTINUE READING

In response to this situation, Falana pointed out that Adedayo was invited by the Ogun State Command of the DSS in relation to a petition submitted by the Ogun State Government.

The petition aeged that Mr. Adedayo had incited widespread public disturbances and chaos in Ijebu East Local Government. Despite Adedayo’s denial of these allegations, the DSS has continued to detain him, apparently due to his refusal to retract the accusations against Governor Abiodun.

Expanding on his perspective, Falana advised the governor to pursue a libel lawsuit against Adedayo. He cited previous instances, such as when the late Governor Olabisi Onabanjo sued the National Concord newspaper for libel in 1981, and former Governor Segun Osoba’s successful defamation of character lawsuit against the Punch Newspaper in 2001, to highlight the effectiveness of legal recourse in such cases.

In light of the circumstances surrounding this case, Falana urged the Ogun State Command of the DSS to release Mr. Adedayo from custody without delay.