Oyo abduction: DSS to re-arraign suspects Thursday

The Department of State Services (DSS) will re-arraign five suspects accused of involvement in the May 15 abduction of pupils and teachers in Oyo State on Thursday. The suspects, who are to be tried before the Federal High Court in Abuja, include Mahmud Muhammad, Abubakar Abbas, Abdulrazak Umar, Yunusa Musa, and Shamsu Adamu Sani.

The case involves six counts of charges filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Rotimi Oyedepo. The suspects were initially scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday but stalled the proceedings due to objections from one of the defendants regarding representation by a lawyer from the Legal Aid Council. The DPPF, Oyedepo, acknowledged the defendants' right to choose their counsel and directed the DSS to ensure their access to it.

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