HE WAS APPREHENDED AT LAST!! Sunday. IGBOHO Native Doctor Arrested By Nigeria’s Secret Police, DSS 3 Months Ago, His Whereabouts Unknown — Mother
Dada Fasoto Arifanlajogun who is said to be
the witch doctor who ‘spiritually fortifies’ Yoruba agitator, Sunday Adeyemo,
aka Sunday Igboho has been in the custody of the Department of State Services
(DSS) since he was arrested three months ago in his home in Ekiti.
This was disclosed by his mother,
Olomitutu Fasoto in an interview with BBC Yoruba.
The mother said since
her son was arrested three months ago by men perceived to be from the office of
the DSS, no one has heard from him.
Olomitutu said since
his arrest, had yet to be charged with any crime.
According to her, all
efforts to find the young man particularly with visits to the offices of the
DSS, police and other security agencies have been futile as they claimed to
know nothing about his whereabouts.
She said, “There are
several indications that my son was taken away by the DSS because other
security agencies do not have my son with them, and they do not know anything
about where he was taken to.”
She added that her son
is a very gentle and easygoing person who practices traditional medicine with
the fear of God.
She, however,
expressed surprise that he could be arrested simply because he is a herbalist
‘spiritually strengthening’ Sunday Igboho.
Olomitutu said she had
consulted the gods and performed all the necessary rites as a traditionalist
but everything had been in vain.
She further called on
all Nigerians to help to secure the release of her son so he could return to
his wife and 5-year-old son.
Speaking on Dada’s
disappearance, Aderonke Apalara, the sister-in-law said officers in mufti
arrested Arifanlajogun.
She said the officers
who were up to 10 in number were fully armed and had arrived in two white Hilux
vans.
Apalara added that the
officers arrived at the herbalist’s residence at 5 pm on the 16th of July, 2021
to arrest Arifanlajogun.
Aderonke said, “When
the family members tried to stop the officers from arresting him, they
cunningly called the police station at Okesha and told us to come for him at
the station.
” When we got to the
station, we were told the officers that arrested Arifanlajogun were not from
Okesha station, it was there it dawned on us that the officers lied to us and
all efforts to know his whereabouts for about three months now have proved
abortive.”
The report further
quoted the Ekiti State Police spokesperson, Sunday Abutu as saying the Police
Command was not aware of the incident.
He, however, advised
the family to report the incident at the police station nearest to them.
Also, the DSS office
in Ekiti stated that it could not comment on the issue but advised the family
to reach out to the DSS office in Abuja
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