{
  "id": 18058825,
  "title": "Rights Activist, Adeyanju, Commends DSS on Release, Compensation of Four IPOB Suspects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/rights-activist-adeyanju-commends-dss-on-release-compensation-of-four",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T02:58:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/04/rights-activist-adeyanju-commends-dss-on-release-compensation-of-four-ipob-suspects/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Abuja-based rights activist Deji Adeyanju has praised the Department of State Services (DSS) for releasing and compensating four individuals who were held in custody over their suspected membership in the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The four detainees – Emele Uduma Ibe, Berefgagha Appah, Ondokeyilemi Aggry, and Oyeinmokebebeton Aggry – had been in custody for four years. The DSS confirmed their release to Adeyanju, who confirmed their identities. The suspects were arrested in May 2022 in Bayelsa State.\n\nThe DSS director-general approved an initial payment of N20 million, with each suspect to receive N5 million as compensation. After being cleared of alleged IPOB membership, Adeyanju commended the DSS leadership under Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, stating that there should be no innocent Nigerian kept in custody. He also criticized the arbitrary arrest and detention of thousands of people, including the arrest of over 300 individuals in terrorism cases during the previous administration.",
  "summary": "Alex Enumah in Abuja Rights activist and Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Deji Adeyanju, has commended the leadership of the Department of State Services (DSS), on the release and subsequent payment of",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}